23-08-2013

Gaganjeet Bhullar - Fact File

Player:                         Gaganjeet Bhullar
Country:                       India
Date of Birth:                April 27, 1988
Residence:                   Kapurthala
Home Course:              Railway Coach Factory Golf Course, Kapurthala
Turned Pro:                  2006
Pro Wins:                     14 (Asian Tour - 4, European    Challenge Tour - 1, PGTI - 9)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• India’s number one amateur for two years in 2004 and 2006.

• Won the World Junior Masters Championship title in 2005.

• Claimed silver medal in the team event at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.

• Runner-up at the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational 2007 in his rookie season on the Asian Tour.

• Secured five wins on the trot in the 2009 PGTI season to be placed fifth on the PGTI Order of Merit. Wins included DLF Masters and PGTI Players Championship events at Panchkula, Rambagh (Jaipur), Aamby Valley and Eagleton.

• Made debut Major appearance at British Open 2009.

• Won maiden Asian Tour title at Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational 2009. Runner-up finishes at the Macau Open, SAIL Open and Brunei Open the same year. Finished sixth on the 2009 Asian Tour Order of Merit.

• Won the Asian Tour International 2010 in Thailand.

• Won the PGTI Players Championship presented by Bombay Presidency Golf Club in 2010.

• Won three titles on the PGTI in 2011 - Bangladesh Open and PGTI Players Championship events at RCGC (Kolkata) and Chandigarh.

• Victory at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge 2011 made him the first Indian to win a title on the European Challenge Tour. This was also his first international win on Indian soil.

• Tied ninth finish at the Czech Open 2011 was his first top-10 in Europe.

• Two victories on the Asian Tour in 2012 - Yeangder Tournament Players’ Championship in Chinese Taipei and Venetian Macau Open. Both victories came during a hot six-week streak which also included a runner-up finish at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia. He was joint runner at the Panasonic Open India and enjoyed five other top-10s to end the year in a career-best fifth place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.

• Currently placed second on the Asian Tour Order of Merit thanks to a runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters 2013 (an event co-sanctioned by the European Tour, Asian Tour and PGTI).