Daniel Chopra

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Daniel Chopra
Personal Information
Birth December 23, 1973 (1973-12-23) (age 34)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg/13 st)
Nationality Flag of Sweden Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida, USA
Perth, Australia
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1992
Current tour PGA Tour
European Tour
Professional wins 14 (PGA Tour: 2, Nationwide Tour: 2, Challenge Tour: 2, Other: 8)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters CUT: 2008
U.S. Open T24: 2004
British Open 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.

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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)

[edit] Nationwide Tour wins (2)

[edit] Challenge Tour wins (2)

  • 1994 Challenge Chargeurs, Jamtland Open

[edit] 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)

[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
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP T41 CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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