Dinesh Chand

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Dinesh Chand
Personal information
Born (1972-02-06) 6 February 1972 (age 53)
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour3
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2001, 2004
Achievements and awards
Japan Challenge Tour
money list winner
2010

Dinesh Chand (born 6 February 1972) is a Fijian professional golfer who plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour.

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Professional career

At the end of 2009, he lost his full playing rights for the Japan Golf Tour and so decided to play on the developmental Japan Challenge Tour in 2010. He won two events in a row which resulted in him regaining his full playing rights for the second half of the Japan Golf Tour season. He finished second at the 2010 Sun Chlorella Classic.

Chand has three wins on the Japan Golf Tour, and two on the Japan Challenge Tour.

Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
15 Apr 1998 Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup −17 (71-66-66-68=271)2 strokes Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Carlos Franco, Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Hidemichi Tanaka
220 May 2001 Munsingwear Open KSB Cup −17 (69-68-67-67=271)2 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Izawa
320 Jun 2004 Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open −20 (66-68-68-66=268)4 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Hur Suk-ho

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
128 May 2010 Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup−8 (68-68=136)4 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Iijima, Flag of Japan.svg Sushi Ishigaki,
Flag of Japan.svg Hirohito Koizumi, Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Maita,
Flag of Japan.svg Hidezumi Shirakata
211 Jun 2010Tohoku Yakurai Cup−9 (68-65=133)Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-joon, Flag of Japan.svg Achi Sato

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

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The Open Championship CUTCUT

Note: Chand only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances