Daniel Samir Chopra (born 23 December 1973) is a

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. Chopra was born in

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. He represents

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and his mother was Swedish, but his father was

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n 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

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, sometimes failing to retain his tour card, and in 2004 he joined the U.S.-based

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. 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. After his second PGA Tour win, Chopra's career started to fluctuate between the PGA Tour and second-tier (what was then) Nationwide Tour. 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 The Ellie Mae Classic was a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in 2009 at TPC Stonebrae (previously known as Stonebrae Country Club), in Hayward, California. The inaugural event had a prize fund of $600,000 with $108,000 ...

in 2011. Chopra regained his PGA Tour card for 2012 after finishing 19th on the money list. He finished 188th on the Tour's money list and went back to the newly renamed

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for 2013. He finished 21st on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 2 cuts in 16 events and finished 249th on the

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points list and lost his PGA Tour card. In 2015, with limited status on either the PGA or Web.com Tour, Chopra won the

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's qualifying school. Chopra is now a regular part of Fox Sports' golf coverage.

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)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

''*Note: The 2011 Fresh Express Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to fog.''

Challenge Tour wins (2)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (5)

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

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chopra, Daniel Swedish male golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers Asian Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Indian people of Swedish descent Swedish people of Indian descent Swedish emigrants to India Swedish Hindus Golfers from Stockholm Golfers from Orlando, Florida Golfers from Perth, Western Australia 1973 births Living people