Daniel Chopra

Daniel Chopra
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Samir Chopra
Born	23 December 1973 (1973-12-23) (age 37) Stockholm, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, USA Perth, Australia
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Asian Tour	1
Nationwide Tour	3
Challenge Tour	2
Other	6
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2008
U.S. Open	T24: 2004
The Open Championship	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.

A difficult 2010 season, where he made only eight PGA Tour cuts in 28 events, cost him his Tour Card. He won the Nationwide Tour's Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in 2011. Chopra regained his PGA Tour card for 2012 after finishing 19th on the money list.

Amateur wins

• 1988 All India Junior Championship
• 1990 All India Junior Championship
• 1991 All India Junior Championship, Doug Sanders World Junior Championship

Professional wins (14)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	29 Oct 2007	Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro	-19 (67-66-69-71=273)	1 stroke	Fredrik Jacobson, Shigeki Maruyama
2	6 Jan 2008	Mercedes-Benz Championship	-18 (69-72-67-66=274)	Playoff	Steve Stricker

Asian Tour wins (1)

• 2001 Mercuries Taiwan Masters

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	18 Apr 2004	First Tee Arkansas Classic	-13 (75-66-68-66=275)	1 stroke	John Elliott
2	23 May 2004	Henrico County Open	-30 (65-63-65-65=258)	4 strokes	Nathan Green, Franklin Langham
3	17 Apr 2011	Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae	-12 (68-69-61=198)	1 stroke	Russell Knox, Luke List

Challenge Tour wins (2)

• 1994 Challenge Chargeurs, Jamtland Open

Other wins (6)

• 1993 Johor Baru Open (Malaysia)
• 1994 Swedish International Championship, Indian Masters, Malaysian PGA Championship, Indian PGA Championship
• 1995 Taiwan Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	T24	DNP	DNP	DNP	T36
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T41	CUT	CUT

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

See also

• 2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
• 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates

External links

• Official website
• Daniel Chopra at the PGA Tour official site
• Daniel Chopra at the European Tour official site
• Daniel Chopra at the Asian Tour official site
• Daniel Chopra at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Chopra, Daniel
Alternative names	Chopra, Daniel Samir
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	23 December 1973
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death