Jeev Milkha Singh

Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) is the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006.

Early life

Singh was born in Chandigarh, India, in a Sikh Rajput family to Indian Olympic athlete Milkha Singh and Nirmal Kaur, former captain of the Indian women's volleyball team. the south-asian.com June 2002. Retrieved 2009-03-15. He lives in Chandigarh.

Singh attended Abilene Christian University in the United States of America, obtaining a degree in business and international studies The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), November 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-22. ACU Today, Summer 2007, p.32. Retrieved 2008-09-22.

Career

Singh won the NCAA Division II individual golf championship in 1993. He also won a number of amateur tournaments in the U.S. His first professional win came at the 1993 Southern Oklahoma State Open, a minor local event, but he played mainly in Asia, where he was a regular winner in the mid 1990s. In 1997 he finished seventh at the European Tour qualifying school, and he joined the tour the following year.

His best season in Europe up until 2006 was in 1999, when he...
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