Feature
S.S.P
CHAWRASIA
Date of Birth
1978-05-15
Turned Pro
1997
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Successfully defended his Hero Indian Open
title in 2017 with a seven-shot victory.
• Became only the third player to make a
successful defence of his National Open.
• Won his fourth victory on the Asian Tour
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at the Hero Indian Open and claimed his ſ rst
victory outside of India when he clinched the
Resorts World Manila Masters in 2016.
• Defeated Rahil Gangjee and Mithun Perera
with a birdie on the ſ rst play-off hole to win
the 2014 Panasonic Open India.
• Won the Avantha Masters on home soil, an
event co-sanctioned with Europe in 2011.
• Came close to winning his second Asian Tour
title at the SAIL Open in Delhi when he ſ nished
fourth in 2010.
• Produced a memorable triumph with his
2017
breakthrough at the Indian Masters at Delhi
Golf Club in 2008.
• Was denied victory at the Hero Indian
Open when he lost on the ſ rst play-off hole
to Anirban Lahiri in 2015 but thanks to three
other top-10 results, he ſ nished fourth on
the Order of Merit and qualiſ ed for the 2016
EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM.
• Challenged compatriot Jyoti Randhawa for
the Hero Honda Indian Open title before losing
in a play-off th