Biography of Arjun Atwal -

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.

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Biography of Arjun Atwal -