Golf Players: Top 10 Best And Famous Indian Male Golfers of All Time

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Anirban Lahiri

Anirban Lahiri is an Indian professional golfer. He has played on the Asian Tour, European Tour, PGA Tour, and LIV Golf. He was born on June 29, 1987, in Pune, India. Lahiri stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m). He currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.. Lahiri turned professional in 2007 and has won a total of 18 professional tournaments. His highest ranking was 33rd on March 29, 2015. He has won two tournaments on the European Tour and seven on the Asian Tour. Lahiri has also been successful on the Professional Golf Tour of India, winning eleven events and the Order of Merit in 2009.

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Shubhankar Sharma

Shubhankar Sharma is an Indian professional golfer who was born on July 21, 1996, in Jhansi, India. He has won a total of eight professional tournaments, including two on the European Tour and two on the Asian Tour. Sharma became the youngest Indian to win on the European Tour when he claimed the tri-sanctioned Joburg Open title in December 2017 as a 21-year-old. He added a second European Tour title two months later after carding a sublime final round of 62 to win the 2018 Maybank Championship. Sharma has also won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award and the Asian Tour Order of Merit in 2018.

Sharma has played on the Asian Tour, European Tour, and Professional Golf Tour of India. His highest ranking was 64th on March 11, 2018. Sharma’s best results in major championships include a T8 finish at The Open Championship in 2023

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Gaganjeet Bhullar

Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He was born on April 27, 1988, in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Bhullar stands at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m). He currently resides in Kapurthala, India. Bhullar turned professional in 2006 and has won a total of 22 professional tournaments. His highest ranking was 85th on March 17, 2013. He has won one tournament on the European Tour and ten on the Asian Tour. Bhullar has also won one tournament on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the Challenge Tour. He has achieved several accolades throughout his career, including the Arjuna Award in 2013

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Shiv Kapur

Shiv Kapur is an Indian professional golfer. He was born on February 12, 1982, in New Delhi, India. Kapur stands at a height of 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m). He turned professional in 2004 and has won a total of 8 professional tournaments. Kapur has played on the Asian Tour, European Tour, and Challenge Tour. His highest ranking was unavailable. Kapur’s best results in major championships include a T23 finish at the U.S. Open in 2014 and a T73 finish at The Open Championship in 2013.

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Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan is an Indian professional golfer who was born on February 15, 1991, in New Delhi, India. He stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m). Khan turned professional in 2010 and has played on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) since then. He has won a total of 13 professional tournaments, including two on the Asian Tour. Khan has also won the Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit three times in 2013, 2016, and 2019. He has represented India at the Asian Games and has won a silver medal as part of the Indian team in 2010.

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Ajeetesh Sandhu

Ajeetesh Sandhu is an Indian professional golfer who currently plays on the Asian Tour, European Tour, and Japan Golf Tour. He was born on October 9, 1988. Sandhu stands at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m). He turned professional in 2008 and has won a total of eight professional tournaments, including one on the Asian Tour and one in Japan. 

In 2017, he earned his maiden Asian Tour title at the US$500,000 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taiwan. The week following his Asian Tour triumph, Sandhu clinched the Taiheiyo Club Challenge on the Japan Challenge Tour, breaking into the top 200 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. Sandhu has traveled the world and has made several starts on the European Tour. In 2005, he was ranked No.1 Junior as well as Amateur golfer in India. He has won tournaments in 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

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S. Chikkarangappa

S. Chikkarangappa is an Indian professional golfer who has made a name for himself in the sport despite being born into a family with limited means. He joined a golf resort as a daily-wage worker to support his family and used a tree branch to practice his swing. Chikkarangappa has won several tournaments throughout his career and has become a golfing sensation in India.

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Khalin Joshi

Khalin Joshi is an Indian professional golfer who was born on April 25, 1992. He stands at a height of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m). Joshi has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He has won a total of eight professional tournaments, including two on the Asian Tour. Joshi’s highest ranking was unavailable. His best results in major championships include a T51 finish at The Open Championship in 2018.

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Jyoti Randhawa

Jyoti Randhawa is an Indian professional golfer who has won a total of 23 professional tournaments, including one on the Japan Golf Tour and eight on the Asian Tour. He was born on May 4, 1972, in New Delhi, India. Randhawa stands at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m). He turned professional in 1994 and has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. Randhawa was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009, with his highest ranking being 70th on March 16, 2008. He has finished second on the European Tour three times.

Randhawa has won several accolades throughout his career, including the Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit in 2002 and the Asian PGA Tour Players’ Player of the Year award in 2002. His best results in major championships include a T27 finish at The Open Championship in 2004.

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Chiragh Kumar

Chiragh Kumar is an Indian professional golfer who was born on December 15, 1983, in Delhi, India. Kumar stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m). He turned professional in 2006 and has won a total of five professional tournaments. Kumar has played on the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India. He won a silver medal as an amateur at the 2006 Asian Games before turning professional later that year In 2011, he won three times, was the leading money-winner on tour, and was named tour player of the year. 

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