Daniel Samir Chopra (born 23 December 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer.
Early life Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age 14.
Professional career In 1992, Chopra turned professional. From 1996 to 2002 he played intermittently on the European Tour, sometimes failing to retain his tour card, and in 2004 he joined the U.S.-based PGA Tour.
With his victory at the 2004 Henrico County Open on the second tier Nationwide Tour, Chopra shot a new tour record over 72 holes in relation to par, shooting a 30-under-par score of 258. The record stood for 20 years until it was beaten in April 2024 by Chopra's fellow countryman Tim Widing.
In 2007, Chopra won his first PGA Tour event at the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro. Two PGA Tour events later he picked up another win at the season opening Mercedes-Benz Championship. On January 13, 2008, Chopra reached a career best 60th on the Official World Golf Ranking.
After his second PGA Tour win, Chopra's career started to fluctuate between the PGA Tour and second-tier (what was then) Nationwide Tour.
A difficult 2010 season, where he made only eight PGA Tour cuts in 28 events, cost him his Tour Card. He won the Nationwide Tour's Fresh Express Classic at TPC Stonebrae in 2011. Chopra regained his PGA Tour card for 2012 after finishing 19th on the money list. He finished 188th on the Tour's money list and went back to the newly renamed Web.com Tour for 2013. He finished 21st on the 2013 Web.com Tour regular season money list to earn his 2014 PGA Tour card. In 2013–14, he made only 2 cuts in 16 events and finished 249th on the FedEx Cup points list and lost his PGA Tour card.
In 2015, with limited status on either the PGA or Web.com Tour, Chopra won the Asian Tour's qualifying school.
Chopra became a regular part of Fox Sports' golf coverage.
Awards, honors In 1997, Chopra received Elit Sign number 111 by the Swedish Golf Federation on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.
In 2008, he was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.
Amateur wins 1988 All India Junior Championship 1990 All India Junior Championship 1991 All India Junior Championship, Doug Sanders World Junior Championship
Professional wins (14) PGA Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up129 Oct 2007Ginn sur Mer Classic−19 (67-66-69-71=273)1 stroke Freddie Jacobson, Shigeki Maruyama26 Jan 2008Mercedes-Benz Championship−18 (69-72-67-66=274)Playoff Steve Stricker
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12008Mercedes-Benz Championship Steve StrickerWon with birdie on fourth extra hole
Asian PGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up19 Sep 2001Mercuries Taiwan Masters−4 (71-69-73-71=284)1 stroke Vivek Bhandari
Asia Golf Circuit wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up19 Apr 1995Chinfon Republic of China Open−8 (73-65-70=208)1 stroke Hsieh Chin-sheng
Nationwide Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up118 Apr 2004First Tee Arkansas Classic−13 (75-66-68-66=275)1 stroke John Elliott223 May 2004Henrico County Open−30 (65-63-65-65=258)4 strokes Nathan Green, Franklin Langham317 Apr 2011Fresh Express Classic−12 (68-69-61=198)1 stroke Russell Knox, Luke List
Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up124 Jul 1994Jämtland Open−9 (71-71-68=210)1 stroke Mats Hallberg22 Oct 1994Challenge Chargeurs−16 (68-64-64-72=268)9 strokes Stuart Little
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up119 Sep 1993Upsala Golf International−4 (72-69-71=212)3 strokes Joakim Nilsson
Other wins (4) 1993 Johor Baru Open (Malaysia) 1994 Indian Masters, Malaysian PGA Championship, Indian PGA Championship
Playoff record European Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12007MasterCard Masters Aaron BaddeleyLost to par on fourth extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenT24T36The Open ChampionshipCUTPGA ChampionshipT41CUTCUT Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Results in The Players Championship Tournament200520062007200820092010The Players ChampionshipT40CUTT44T42T14CUT CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2008Match PlayR64ChampionshipT34InvitationalT14 QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied
See also 2003 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates 2011 Nationwide Tour graduates 2013 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
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