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Jyoti Randhawa is one of the best golfers India has produced so far. Randhawa, born on May 4, 1972, is the second highest ranked Indian in world golf rankings.
Randhawa, a natural athlete who also excelled in sports like swimming and shooting, got hooked to golf when he won the national sub-junior title in 1986. After winning the All India Amateur Championship in 1993, he turned professional the next year.
A regular at the Asian PGA Tour, Randhawa posted back-to-back victories in the Hero Honda Masters in 1998 and 1999 and the Indian Open in 2000. The same year Randhawa achieved his first international victory in the Singapore Open and became the first Indian to win the Order of Merit title in Asia. Randhawa's glorious run throughout the season earned him the praise of his peers who voted him the Players' Player of the Year.
Randhawa finished second to Adam Scott in the Johnnie Walker Classic in 2005, a performance that helped him win a full European Tour card for the 2006 season.
