Dinesh Chand

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golfer Dinesh Chand (born 6 February 1972) is a Fijian professional golfer who plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour.

Professional career

At the end of 2009, he lost his full playing rights for the Japan Golf Tour and so decided to play on the developmental Japan Challenge Tour in 2010. He won two events in a row which resulted in him regaining his full playing rights for the second half of the Japan Golf Tour season. He finished second at the 2010 Sun Chlorella Classic.

Chand has three wins on the Japan Golf Tour, and two on the Japan Challenge Tour.

Professional wins (6)

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Apr 1998	Descente Classic Munsingwear Cup	−17 (71-66-66-68=271)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Carlos Franco, Template:Flagicon Hidemichi Tanaka
2	20 May 2001	Munsingwear Open KSB Cup	−17 (69-68-67-67=271)	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Toshimitsu Izawa
3	20 Jun 2004	Mandom Lucido Yomiuri Open	−20 (66-68-68-66=268)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hur Suk-ho

Japan Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	28 May 2010	Fuji Country Kani Club Challenge Cup	−8 (68-68=136)	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hiroaki Iijima, Template:Flagicon Sushi Ishigaki, Template:Flagicon Hirohito Koizumi, Template:Flagicon Kiyoshi Maita, Template:Flagicon Hidezumi Shirakata
2	11 Jun 2010	Tohoku Yakurai Cup	−9 (68-65=133)	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Park Sung-joon, Template:Flagicon Achi Sato

Other wins (1)

• 2008 Hirao Masaaki Charity Golf

Results in major championships

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Open Championship	CUT			CUT

Note: Chand only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

• WGC-World Cup (representing Fiji): 2001, 2002

External links

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• Template:OWGR

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