Daniel Chopra
| Daniel Chopra | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Orlando, Florida, USA Perth, Australia |
| Career | |
| College | None |
| Turned professional | 1992 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Professional wins | 14 |
| Highest ranking | 60 (13 January 2008)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| European Tour | 2 |
| Other | 10 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 0) | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2008 |
| PGA Championship | T41: 2006 |
| U.S. Open | T24: 2004 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2005 |
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.
Amateur wins
- 1988 All India Junior Championship
- 1990 All India Junior Championship
- 1991 All India Junior Championship, Doug Sanders World Junior Championship
Professional wins (14)
PGA Tour wins (2)
Nationwide Tour wins (2)
Challenge Tour wins (2)
- 1994 Challenge Chargeurs, Jamtland Open
Other wins (8)
- 1993 Johor Baru Open (Malaysia)
- 1994 Swedish International Championship, Indian Masters, Malaysian PGA Championship, Indian PGA Championship
- 1995 Republic of China Open
- 2001 Taiwan Masters, Mercuries Masters (Taiwan)
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.
External links
- Official site
- Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Profile on the European Tour's official site
- Results in ranking events for the last two years from the World Golf Ranking site
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- ^ "Week 2 2008 Ending 13 Jan 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.