Rashid Khan (golfer)

Rashid Khan (born 15 February 1991) is an Indian professional golfer.

Rashid Khan
Personal information
Born (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
Career
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s)Asian Tour
Professional Golf Tour of India
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour2
Other10

As an amateur, Khan played on the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

Khan turned professional later that year and has played on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) since 2011. He finished third on the Order of Merit (money list) in 2011, second in 2012, and first in 2013.[1] He has won four times on the PGTI.

Khan began playing on the Asian Tour in 2012. He had two top-10 finishes in five events in 2013 and won his first event of the 2014 season at the SAIL-SBI Open.[2]

Professional wins (12)

Asian Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 1 Mar 2014 SAIL-SBI Open –18 (61-69-69-71=270) Playoff Siddikur Rahman
2 16 Nov 2014 Chiangmai Golf Classic –17 (68-69-66-68=271) 1 stroke Thanyakon Khrongpha, Jyoti Randhawa

Asian Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2013 SAIL-SBI Open Anirban Lahiri Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2014 SAIL-SBI Open Siddikur Rahman Won with birdie on first extra hole

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (9)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 17 Apr 2011 Surya Nepal Masters –20 (65-67-70-66=268) 8 strokes Shivaram Shrestha
2 25 Aug 2012 PGTI Players Championship (Coimbatore Golf Club) –6 (70-67-70-75=282) 3 strokes Feroz Ali Mollah
3 2013 PGTI Players Championship (Classic Golf Resort)
4 26 Oct 2013 Bilt Open –16 (64-68-69-71=272) Playoff Angad Cheema
5 3 Oct 2014 PGTI Eagleburg Masters –19 (68-67-65-69=269) 2 strokes Chinnaswamy Muniyappa
6 6 Aug 2016 TAKE Solutions Classic –10 (71-69-68-70=278) 2 strokes Amardeep Malik, Chinnaswamy Muniyappa
7 16 Sep 2016 PGTI Ahmedabad Masters –12 (67-69-71-69=276) 1 stroke Khalin H. Joshi
8 9 Mar 2019 City Bank American Express Chittagong Open –24 (65-66-70-63=264) 7 strokes Kshitij Naveed Kaul
9 17 May 2019 Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) –13 (70-68-71-66=275) 2 strokes Shankar Das, Gaurav Pratap Singh

Other wins (1)

  • 2019 Tata Steel PGTI Feeder Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. "Professional Golf Tour of India – Order of Merit". PGTI. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  2. "Rashid Khan wins SAIL-SBI Open golf". NDTV Sports. 1 March 2014.


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