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Ashok Kumar
Personal information
Full nameAshok Kumar
Born (1983-07-20) 20 July 1983 (age 41)
Bihar, India
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality India
ResidenceDelhi, India
Career
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s)PGTI
Professional wins18
Achievements and awards
PGTI
Order of Merit winner
2003/04, 2006/07

Ashok Kumar (born 20 July 1983) is a professional golfer from India, currently playing on the Professional Golf Tour of India, where he was the 2003/04 and the 2006/07 Order of Merit winner.

Kumar was born in Bihar in 1983 and turned professional in 2002.

In 2004, he won the Hero Honda Golf Tour Order of Merit for the 2003/04 season. He won it again in 2006/07 under the name of the PGTI after recording 5 wins in 8 events played, where he finished in the top-10 in all 8 of them.

Kumar played in 12 events in 2008, but did not record a win, finishing in the top-10 8 times.

Kumar added another win in 2009 in April at the All India Match Play Championship

Professional wins (18)

PGTI wins (13)

  • 2007 (5) SRF All-India Professional Golf Matchplay Championship, Solaris Global Green Open, IndianOil XtraPremium Masters, CG Open, Colorplus Open
  • 2009 (2) SRF All India Professional Golf Match Play Championship, Tour Championship
  • 2010 (4) DLF Masters, Global Green Bangalore Open, Tata Open, DDA Open Golf Championship
  • 2015 (1) CG Open
  • 2016 (1) PGTI Masters

Hero Honda Golf Tour wins (3)

  • 2004 The Hindu Open, Hero Honda Open, PGAI-TSM Open

Other wins (2)

  • 1999 Ericsson International Golf Invitation Tournament
  • 2008 BILT Open Pro-Am

Team appearances

Amateur