Indian professional golfer, Arjun Singh Atwal is the first player born in India to become a member of, and later win a tournament on the U.S.-based PGA Tour.
Arjun Atwal siblings: Meet Govind Singh Atwal
Born in a Sikh family to Harminder Singh Atwal of Asansol and Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Atwal does have a bother name, Govind Singh Atwal. Singh Atwal is a managing director with G S Atwal & Co Engineers Pvt Ltd.
Moving on, After turning professional in 1995 he became one of the leading players on the Asian Tour, topping the order of merit in 2003 and becoming the first man to win a million U.S. dollars on the tour by winning the Hero Honda Masters on home soil in the same year.
Atwal was the second Indian golfer to earn membership of the European Tour after Jeev Milkha Singh and the first to win on a European Tour event when he notched up a five-stroke victory in the 2002 Caltex Singapore Masters,