HIGHLIGHTS OF THE INDIAN OPEN Multiple Winners 8 • Peter Thomson (Aus) 1964, 1966, 1976 • Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 2000, 2006, 2007 • Kenji Hosoishi (Jpn) 1967, 1968 • Graham Marsh (Aus) 1971, 1973 • Brian Jones (Aus) 1972, 1977 • Ali Sher (Ind) 1991, 1993 • Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 2005, 2012 • SSP Chawrasia (Ind) 2016, 2017 Only amateur winner P.G. Sethi (1965) Back-to-back winners Three (3) • Kenji Hosoishi (Jpn) 1967, 1968 • Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 2006, 2007 • SSP Chawrasia (Ind) 2016, 2017 Three-peat winners Two (2) • Peter Thomson (Aus) 1964, 1966, 1976 • Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 2000, 2006, 2007 Longest gap between two wins 10 years - Peter Thomson (1966 & 1976) 7 years - Thaworn Wiratchant (2005 & 2012) 6 years - Jyoti Randhawa (2000 & 2006) Longest winning streak for a 4 years - United States (1978-1981) country 3 years - Australia (1971-1973; 1975-1977) 3 years - India (1998-2000; 2015-2017) Lowest round 60 by Liang Wen-chong (Chn) in 2008 Indian Open winners winning majors Two (2) • Peter Thomson (Aus) 5 British Opens • Payne Stewart (US) 2 US Opens Courses to have hosted Indian Open Six (6) • Delhi Golf Club, New Delhi - 27 times • Royal Calcutta Golf Club, Kolkata - 20 times • Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon (2000, 2001) - 2 times • DLF Golf & Country Club, Gurgaon - (2009, 2017, 2018) - 3 times • Karnataka Golf Association, Bengaluru - (2012) - 1 time STATISTICS AND HIGHLIGHTS The Indian Open, which began in 1964, provides a variety of interesting statistics in terms of winners and their countries. Some of the highlights are: • India has won Indian Open 13 times and Australia has won 10 times • Golfers from 14 countries have won the Indian Open • No African golfer has won the Indian Open Note: The 1997 winner Ed Fryatt was born in England, but has lived in the US since the age of four, when his father shifted. We have taken Fryatt as American since he has lived for so long in the US. Tony Grimes was born in Ontario, Canada but his country in official records of the Indian Open Golf results is shown as New Zealand. THE FIRST INDIAN OPEN WINNER FROM EACH COUNTRY (WHICH HAVE WON MORE THAN ONCE): 1964 Australia Peter Thomson 1965 India P.G. Billoo Sethi (Amateur) 1967 Japan Kenji Hosoishi 1970 Taiwan Chen Chien Chung 1978 USA Bill Brask 1989 Canada Remi Bouchard 2001 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee PLAYERS FROM EIGHT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE WON THE INDIAN OPEN ONCE: • Philippines (Ben Arda - 1969) • Mexico (Rafael Alarcon - 1984) • New Zealand (Tony Grimes - 1985) • Singapore (Mardan Mamat - 2004) • China (Liang Wen-chong - 2008) • Sweden (Rikard Karlberg - 2010) • Bangladesh (Siddikur Rehman - 2013) • England (Matt Wallace - 2018) COUNTRIES AND WINNERS INDIA: 13 • Nine Indians have won 13 Indian Opens between them • The only amateur to have won the Indian Open is an Indian, PG Billoo Sethi, in 1965 • India has provided three repeat winners – Ali Sher, Jyoti Randhawa and SSP Chawrasia Indian winners: P.G. Sethi (amateur - 1965); Ali Sher (1991 and 1993); Feroze Ali (1998), Arjun Atwal (1999), Jyoti Randhawa (2000, 2006, 2007); Vijay Kumar (2002); Chinnaswamy Muniyappa (2009); Anirban Lahiri (2015), SSP Chawrasia (2016, 2017) AUSTRALIA: 10 • Six Australians have won ten titles in all • Peter Thomson (1964, 1966 and 1976) was the first three-time winner • Australians won six of the seven Indian Opens between 1971 and 1977 • Australia has provided most repeat winners - 3 (Peter Thomson (1964, 1966 and 1976), Graham Marsh (1971 and 1973) and Brian Jones (1972 and 1977) ) Australian winners: Peter Thomson (1964, 1966 and 1976); Marsh (1971 and 1973); Brian Jones (1972 and 1977); Ted Ball (1975); Stewart Ginn (1992); David Gleeson (2011) UNITED STATES: 9 • No American won the Indian Open in its first 15 years • Once Bill Brask broke the jinx they won four in a row from 1978 to 1981 • No American has won the Indian Open more than once American winners: Bill Brask (1978); G Burrows (1979); Kurt Cox (1980); P Stewart (1981); B Tennyson (1987); A Debusk (1990); E Aubrey (1994); Ed Fryatt (1997); Mike Cunning (2003) TAIWAN: 5 • No player from Taiwan has won the Indian Open more than once • No player from Taiwan has won since 1988 • All five wins for Taiwan have come at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club Taiwanese winners: Chen Chien Chung (1970), C.H. Kuo (1974), Hsu Sheng-San (1982); Lu Hsi-chuen (1986); Lu Chien-soon (1988) JAPAN: 4 • Japan's first and only repeat winner was Kenji Hosoishi in 1967 and 1968 • No Japanese has won since 1996 Japanese winners: Kenji Hosoishi (1967 and 1968); J Takahashi (1983); H Shirataka (1996) CANADA: 2 - Canadian winners: Remi Bouchard (1989); Jim Rutledge (1994) THAILAND: 2 - Thai winners: Thongchai Jaidee (2001); Thaworn Wiratchant (2005, 2012) PHILIPPINES: 1 - Ben Arda (1969) MEXICO: 1 - Rafael Alarcon (1984) NEW ZEALAND: 1 - Tony Grimes (1985) - was born in Ontario, Canada SINGAPORE: 1 - Mardan Mamat (2004) CHINA: 1 - Liang Wen-chong (2008) SWEDEN: 1 - Rikard Karlberg (2010) BANGLADESH: 1 - Siddikur Rehman (2013) ENGLAND: 1 - Matt Wallace (2018) WINNERS OF THE INDIAN OPEN YEAR VENUE WINNER COUNTRY YEAR VENUE WINNER COUNTRY 1964 Delhi Peter Thomson Australia 2002 Delhi Vijay Kumar India 1965 Calcutta P G Sethi - Am India 2003 Delhi Mike Cunning USA G Wolstenholme England 2004 Delhi Mardan Mamat Singapore 1966 Delhi Peter Thomson Australia 2005 Delhi T Wiratchant Thailand 1967 Calcutta K Hosoishi Japan 2006 Delhi Jyoti Randhawa India 1968 Delhi K Hosoishi Japan 2007 Delhi Jyoti Randhawa India 1969 Calcutta Ben Arda Philipines 2008 Delhi Liang Wen-chong China 1970 Calcutta Chen C Chung Taiwan 2009 Gurgaon C Muniyappa India 1971 Delhi Graham Marsh Australia 2010 Delhi Rikard Karlberg Sweden 1972 Calcutta Brian Jones Australia 2011 Delhi David Gleeson Australia 1973 Delhi Graham Marsh Australia 2012 Bengaluru T Wiratchant Thailand 1974 Calcutta C.H.Kuo Taiwan 2013 Delhi Siddikur Rehman Bangladesh 1975 Delhi Ted Ball Australia 2014 Not held 1976 Calcutta Peter Thomson Australia 2015 Delhi Anirban Lahiri India 1977 Delhi Brian Jones Australia 2016 Delhi SSP Chawrasia India 1978 Calcutta Bill Brask USA 2017 Gurgaon SSP Chawrasia India 1979 Delhi Gaylord Burrows USA 2018 Gurgaon Matt Wallace England 1980 Calcutta Kurt Cox USA 1981 Delhi Payne Stewart USA 2019 Gurgaon Stephen Gallacher Scotland 1982 Calcutta Hsu Sheng San Taiwan 1983 Delhi J Takahashi Japan 1984 Calcutta Rafael Alarcon Mexico 1985 Delhi Tony Grimes New Zealand 1986 Calcutta Lu Hsi Chuen Taiwan 1987 Delhi Brian Tennyson USA 1988 Calcutta Lu Chien Soon Taiwan 1989 Delhi Remi Bouchard Canada 1990 Calcutta Andrew Debusk USA 1991 Delhi Ali Sher India 1992 Calcutta Stewart Ginn Australia 1993 Delhi Ali Sher India 1994 Calcutta Emlyn Aubrey USA 1995 Delhi Jim Rutledge Canada 1996 Calcutta H Shirakata Japan 1997 Calcutta Edward Fryatt USA 1998 Calcutta Feroze Ali India 1999 Calcutta Arjun Atwal India 2000 Gurgaon Jyoti Randhawa India 2001 Gurgaon Thongchai Jaidee Thailand.