Udayan Mane

Udayan Mane
Personal information
Born (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 33)
Bangalore, India
Sporting nationality India
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Professional Golf Tour of India
Asian Tour
Professional wins12
Achievements and awards
Professional Golf Tour of India
Order of Merit winner		2020–21

Udayan Mane (born 24 February 1991) is an Indian professional golfer. He currently plays on the Asian Tour and the Professional Golf Tour of India.[1][2] He has won 11 times on the Professional Golf Tour of India.

Amateur career

Mane was the leading amateur in India in 2014. He represented India in both the 2014 Asian Games and the 2014 Eisenhower Trophy.[3]

Professional career

Mane turned professional in early 2015 and had a successful first season, winning twice on the Professional Golf Tour of India.[3] He had three more wins in 2017 and has a total of 11 wins on the tour.[4] He has also played a number of events on the Asian Tour. His highest finish on the tour was when he was tied for 6th place in the 2018 Bank BRI Indonesia Open.[3]

Mane qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and will represent India in the men's individual event.[5][6][7][8] He was not in the list of qualifiers published on 22 June, after the end of the qualifying period, but got a place when the Argentine Emiliano Grillo later withdrew. With a world ranking of 356 on 21 June, Mane was the highest-ranked eligible replacement. He was the lowest ranked player in the men's event.[9][10]

Professional wins (12)

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (12)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Oct 2015 PGTI Players Championship (Rambagh) −16 (61-69-67-67=264) 1 stroke India Shankar Das
2 23 Oct 2015 Western India Oxford Golf Masters −19 (65-69-67-68=269) 8 strokes India Abhinav Lohan
3 2 Mar 2017 BTI Open −12 (70-67-69-70=276) 4 strokes India Harendra Gupta, India Khalin Joshi,
India Aman Raj
4 2 Sep 2017 TAKE Classic −14 (69-68-72-65=274) 1 stroke India Ajeetesh Sandhu
5 18 Nov 2017 Bengaluru Open Golf Championship −20 (69-65-66-68=268) 1 stroke India Honey Baisoya
6 25 Feb 2018 Golconda Masters −14 (67-68-68-67=270) Playoff India Abhijit Singh Chadha, India Shamim Khan,
Sri Lanka Nadaraja Thangaraja
7 15 Feb 2019 PGTI Players Championship (Classic) −15 (71-64-71-67=273) 1 stroke India Mukesh Kumar, India Shubhankar Sharma
8 29 Dec 2019 Tata Steel Tour Championship −26 (67-66-64-65=262) 1 stroke India Shiv Chawrasia
9 8 Feb 2020 Golconda Masters −17 (68-67-65-67=267) 2 strokes India Viraj Madappa, India Aman Raj
10 14 Feb 2020 Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Eagleton) −20 (68-67-67-66=268) Playoff India Veer Ahlawat
11 19 Mar 2021 Delhi-NCR Open −14 (71-67-67-69=274) 2 strokes India S. Chikkarangappa, India Aman Raj,
India Shivendra Sisodia
12 19 Dec 2021 Tata Steel Tour Championship (2) −18 (68-66-67-69=270) 1 stroke India Rashid Khan

Source:[4]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ "Asian Tour Profile". Asian Tour.
  2. ^ "The Indian golfer is currently a part of the top 60 in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Golf Rankings". International Olympic Committee (IOC).
  3. ^ a b c "Udayan Mane". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "PGTI Victory Player Details – Udayan Mane". Professional Golf Tour of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Golfer Udayan Mane qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". The Bridge News.
  6. ^ "Pune golfer Udayan Mane, paddler Manika Batra among Tokyo-bound athletes who get second vaccine dose". Indian Express News.
  7. ^ "Tokyo dream seems distant for golfer Udayan Mane". Times of India.
  8. ^ "Udayan Mane reignites season with victory". Times of India.
  9. ^ "Olympic Golf Ranking Men's Competition" (PDF). IGF. 22 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Olympic Golf Ranking Men's Competition" (PDF). IGF. 5 July 2021.