Daniel Chopra
| Daniel Chopra | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Daniel Samir Chopra |
| Born | 23 December 1973 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, USA Perth, Australia |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 14 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Nationwide Tour | 3 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Other | 6 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2008 |
| U.S. Open | T24: 2004 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2005 |
| PGA Championship | T41: 2006 |
Daniel Samir Chopra (born 23 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age 14.
Chopra turned professional in 1992. From 1996 to 2002 he played intermittently on the European Tour, sometimes failing to retain his tour card, and in 2004 he joined the U.S.-based PGA Tour.
In 2007 he won his first PGA Tour event at the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro. Two PGA Tour events later he picked up another win at the season opening Mercedes-Benz Championship.
A difficult 2010 season, where he made only eight PGA Tour cuts in 28 events, cost him his Tour Card. He won the Nationwide Tour's Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in 2011. Chopra regained his PGA Tour card for 2012 after finishing 19th on the money list.
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[edit] Amateur wins
- 1988 All India Junior Championship
- 1990 All India Junior Championship
- 1991 All India Junior Championship, Doug Sanders World Junior Championship
[edit] Professional wins (14)
[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Oct 2007 | Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro | -19 (67-66-69-71=273) | 1 stroke | Fredrik Jacobson,  Shigeki Maruyama |
| 2 | 6 Jan 2008 | Mercedes-Benz Championship | -18 (69-72-67-66=274) | Playoff |  Steve Stricker |
[edit] Asian Tour wins (1)
[edit] Nationwide Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Apr 2004 | First Tee Arkansas Classic | -13 (75-66-68-66=275) | 1 stroke | John Elliott |
| 2 | 23 May 2004 | Henrico County Open | -30 (65-63-65-65=258) | 4 strokes |  Nathan Green, Franklin Langham |
| 3 | 17 Apr 2011 | Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae | -12 (68-69-61=198) | 1 stroke |  Russell Knox, Luke List |
[edit] Challenge Tour wins (2)
- 1994 Challenge Chargeurs, Jamtland Open
[edit] Other wins (6)
- 1993 Johor Baru Open (Malaysia)
- 1994 Swedish International Championship, Indian Masters, Malaysian PGA Championship, Indian PGA Championship
- 1995 Taiwan Open
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Open | T24 | DNP | DNP | DNP | T36 |
| The Open Championship | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T41 | CUT | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Daniel Chopra at the PGA Tour official site
- Daniel Chopra at the European Tour official site
- Daniel Chopra at the Asian Tour official site
- Daniel Chopra at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
