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Rahil Gangjee (born 2 October 1978) is a
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from India who currently plays on the
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, where he has two victories.


Early life and amateur career

Gangjee was born in
Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comm ...
, but now resides in Bengaluru. He was educated at
La Martiniere Calcutta ''La Martiniere ''(informally known as LMC) is an elite, independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. It comprises two single-gender boys and girls schools. It was established in 1836 in accordance with the will of ...
. He had a decorated amateur career that included the 1997 Sri Lankan Amateur and the East India Amateur in 1997, 1998 and 2000. He would soon become India's number one amateur in 1999. He kept the title of being India's top ranked amateur by winning the Northern India Amateur in 2000. In the same year he won the Western India Amateur, by a margin of 19 strokes.


Professional career

Gangjee turned professional in 2001 by finishing as a runner up in the PGA of India Tour qualifying school. He won in his very first year as a professional in Lucknow. He played in his first full season on the
Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. Official money events on the tour count for ...
in 2004. Just as he had won in his first year on the PGA of India Tour, he also won in his debut year on the Asia Tour. Gangjee was a surprise winner in his lone tournament victory at the Volkswagen Masters-China in 2004. It was only his 4th start of the season and 8th career start on Tour. He finished at 15-under-par and won in a playoff over Mo Joong-kyung. The event featured many notable names including
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and Zhang Lianwei. Gangjee would continue playing full-time on the Asian Tour, not picking up another tournament win between 2004 and 2008. He made 16 of 25 cuts with only one top-10 finish in 2008. He did however pick up a win in June 2008 at the PGTI Players Championship on the Professional Golf Tour of India in his hometown of Calcutta by a margin of five strokes. At the end of 2010 Gangjee qualified for the Nationwide Tour. At the 2011 Mylan Classic, Gangjee made an
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on the par-4 15th hole during the final round. He used driver to pull off the 318 yard shot. Gangjee played on the Nationwide Tour in 2011 and 2012 and then returned to the Asian Tour. His best finish on the Nationwide Tour was T-11 at the 2011
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. Gangjee's next significant win came in April 2018 in Japan when he won the
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. This secured his
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card for the following 3 years. He also won the Louis Philippe Cup (an
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) event in the same year.


Personal life

Rahil Gangjee participated in most sports in this school life. He represented his school
La Martiniere Calcutta ''La Martiniere ''(informally known as LMC) is an elite, independent private day school located in Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal. It comprises two single-gender boys and girls schools. It was established in 1836 in accordance with the will of ...
in swimming from the early age of 6. He also excelled in elocution, won plenty of times for Martin House. He ended his school life playing Hockey for his school and was the fastest runner in the 100 meters and 200 meters in class 11 and 12. He was prefect for house Martin and even sang for the choir. Rahil was interested in horseback riding, but his father made him give it up because he believed it was too dangerous as it could be too detrimental for his potential career in golf . Rahil is a member of
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and
Tollygunge Club The Tollygunge Club (Bengali: টালিগঞ্জ ক্লাব), popularly called Tolly, is a country club in India, located in Tollygunge in south Kolkata. Sir William Cruikshank established the club as an equestrian sports facility in ...
, where he grew up and honed his golfing skills. Gangjee credits
Arjun Atwal Arjun Singh Atwal (born 20 March 1973) is an Indian professional golfer who has played on the Asian Tour and the European Tour and is the first player born in India to become a member of, and later win a tournament on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. ...
(a former Asian Number One), as his inspiration. Atwal lived three doors down from Gangjee in Calcutta.


Amateur wins

*1997 Sri Lankan Amateur, East India Amateur *1998 East India Amateur *2000 East India Amateur, Western India Amateur, Northern India Amateur


Professional wins (6)


Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the
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Asian Tour wins (2)

1Co-sanctioned by the
Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after ...
Asian Tour playoff record (1–1)


Asian Development Tour wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India


Professional Golf Tour of India wins (3)

1Co-sanctioned by the
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Other wins (1)

*2001 HT Pro Golf Lucknow


Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)


Team appearances

Amateur *
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(representing India):
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