Here’s a look at the career profiles of Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chawrasia who will be leading India’s campaign in the men’s golf competition at the Rio Olympics:
SSP Chawrasia
Country: India
Age: 38
Residence: Kolkata
Turned Pro: 1997
International Wins: 4 (European Tour – 3, Asian Tour – 1)
PGTI Wins: 3
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• SSP Chawrasia won the European Tour’s Hero Indian Open 2016 for his fourth international title and third European Tour victory.
• SSP represented Team Asia at the second edition of the EurAsia Cup in January 2016.
• Chawrasia finished runner-up at the European Tour’s Hero Indian Open 2015. He claimed fourth place on the 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit thanks to four top-10s during the season.
• SSP won the Panasonic Open India 2014 and posted four other top-5s on the Asian Tour during the season.
• Chawrasia was the joint runner-up at the Hero Indian Open 2013 (Asian Tour).
• He won the inaugural McLeod Russel Tour Championship during the 2012 PGTI season.
• He won the Avantha Masters 2011 to bag his second title on the European Tour.
• In 2010, Chawrasia posted a win at the PGTI’s Solaris Chemtech Open.
• Chawrasia recorded the biggest professional win of his career at the Emaar-MGF Indian Masters 2008 (tri-sanctioned event of the European Tour, Asian Tour and PGTI). This was his first win on the European Tour and earned him a full card on the European and Asian Tours till 2010.
• The Kolkata golfer finished third on the PGTI Order of Merit list in 2006-07. SSP registered seven top-10 finishes out of seven starts during the 2006-07 PGTI season. This included a win at the Tata Open.
• He had a memorable outing at the Hero Honda Indian Open 2006. Secured second place after losing to Jyoti Randhawa in a play-off.
• Chawrasia won The Hindu Open and the Tata Open in the 2005-06 Indian domestic season.
• Was runner-up to Arjun Atwal at the 1999 Indian Open.
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