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Biography of Arjun Atwal - Golfer
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Arjun Atwal (b. 20 Mar 1973, Asansol, India) is a professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the PGA European Tour and was the first Indian to become a member of the U.S. based PGA Tour. Born into comfortable circumstances, Atwal took up golf at the age of fourteen, playing at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, (which was founded in 1829 and is one of the oldest golf clubs outside the United Kingdom). He also spent two years at school in the United States. After turning professional in 1995 he became one of the leading players on the Asian Tour, topping the order of merit in 2003 and becoming the first man to win a million U.S. dollars on the tour by winning the Hero Honda Masters on home soil in the same year. Atwal was the second Indian golfer to earn membership of the European Tour after Jeev Milka Singh and the first to win on a European Tour event when he notched up a five stroke victory in the 2002 Caltex Singapore Masters, which is co-sanctioned by the Asian and European tours. A second European Tour win followed at the Carlsberg Malaysian Open in 2003. Late in the same year Atwal finished seventh at the PGA Tour's qualifying school in the U.S., earning a Tour card for 2004. His 2004 season in America was a disappointment however with a 142nd place finish.

