| Udayan Mane | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 February 1991 Bangalore, India | ||
| Sporting nationality |  India | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2015 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Professional Golf Tour of India Asian Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 12 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Udayan Mane (born 24 February 1991) is an Indian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India. [1] [2] He has won 11 times on the Professional Golf Tour of India.
Mane was the leading amateur in India in 2014. He represented India in both the 2014 Asian Games and the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy. [3]
Mane turned professional in early 2015 and had a successful first season, winning twice on the Professional Golf Tour of India. [3] He had three more wins in 2017 and has a total of 11 wins on the tour. [4] He has also played a number of events on the Asian Tour. His highest finish on the tour was when he was tied for 6th place in the 2018 Bank BRI Indonesia Open. [3]
Mane qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and will represent India in the men's individual event. [5] [6] [7] [8] He was not in the list of qualifiers published on 22 June, after the end of the qualifying period, but got a place when the Argentine Emiliano Grillo later withdrew. With a world ranking of 356 on 21 June, Mane was the highest-ranked eligible replacement. He was the lowest ranked player in the men's event. [9] [10]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Oct 2015 | PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) | −16 (61-69-67-67=264) | 1 stroke | Shankar Das |
| 2 | 23 Oct 2015 | Western India Oxford Golf Masters | −19 (65-69-67-68=269) | 8 strokes | Abhinav Lohan |
| 3 | 2 Mar 2017 | BTI Open | −12 (70-67-69-70=276) | 4 strokes | Harendra Gupta, Khalin Joshi, Aman Raj |
| 4 | 2 Sep 2017 | TAKE Classic | −14 (69-68-72-65=274) | 1 stroke | Ajeetesh Sandhu |
| 5 | 18 Nov 2017 | Bengaluru Open Golf Championship | −20 (69-65-66-68=268) | 1 stroke | Honey Baisoya |
| 6 | 25 Feb 2018 | Golconda Masters | −14 (67-68-68-67=270) | Playoff | Abhijit Singh Chadha, Shamim Khan, Nadaraja Thangaraja |
| 7 | 15 Feb 2019 | PGTI Players Championship (Classic) | −15 (71-64-71-67=273) | 1 stroke | Mukesh Kumar, Shubhankar Sharma |
| 8 | 29 Dec 2019 | Tata Steel Tour Championship | −26 (67-66-64-65=262) | 1 stroke | Shiv Chawrasia |
| 9 | 8 Feb 2020 | Golconda Masters | −17 (68-67-65-67=267) | 2 strokes | Viraj Madappa, Aman Raj |
| 10 | 14 Feb 2020 | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) | −20 (68-67-67-66=268) | Playoff | Veer Ahlawat |
| 11 | 19 Mar 2021 | Delhi-NCR Open | −14 (71-67-67-69=274) | 2 strokes | S. Chikkarangappa, Aman Raj, Shivendra Sisodia |
| 12 | 19 Dec 2021 | Tata Steel Tour Championship (2) | −18 (68-66-67-69=270) | 1 stroke | Rashid Khan |
Source: [4]
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