Rahil Gangjee is a professional golfer

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 from India

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 who currently plays on the Asian Tour

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, where he has one victory.

Early life and amateur career

Gangjee was born in Calcutta where he still currently resides. He had a decorated amateur career that included the 1997 Sri Lankan Amateur, and the East India Amateur in 1997 and 1999. He would soon become tagged as India's number one amateur in 1999. He turned professional in 2000 and played in his first full season on the Asian Tour in 2004.

Professional career

Gangjee was a surprise winner in his lone tournament victory at the Volkswagen Masters-China

Volkswagen Masters-China

The Volkswagen Masters-China was an event that was played on the Asian Tour from 2004 to 2006. It was played in Beijing, China. The purse was $300,000. The only multiple winner of the event was Retief Goosen, who won the event back-to-back in 2005 and 2006....

 in 2004. It was only his 4th start of the season and 8th career start on Tour. He finished at -15 and won in a playoff over Korea

Korea

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's Mo Joong-Kyung

Mo Joong-Kyung

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. It was a strong field at the Volkswagen Masters that included Ian Woosnam

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, Nick Faldo

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, Phillip Price

Phillip Price

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, Jeev Milkha Singh

Jeev Milkha Singh

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, Des Terblanche

Des Terblanche

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 and Zhang Lian-wei

Zhang Lian-Wei

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Gangjee would continue playing full time on the 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, not being able to keep his card for 2009. He did however pick up a non-tour event in India in 2008 in June at the PGTI Players Championship on the Professional Golf Tour of India in his home town of Calcutta by a dominating margin of five strokes.

At the 2011 Mylan Classic

Mylan Classic

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 on the Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

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, Gangjee made an ace on the par four 15th hole during the final round. He used driver to pull off the 316 yard shot.

Personal life

Gangjee was interested in horseback riding growing up as a boy in Calcutta, but his father made him give it up because he believed it was too dangerous.

Gangjee credits Arjun Atwal

Arjun Atwal

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 (a former Asian Number One), as his inspiration. Atwal lives three doors down from Gangjee in Calcutta.

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner-up
1	2 May 2004	Volkswagen Masters-China Volkswagen Masters-China The Volkswagen Masters-China was an event that was played on the Asian Tour from 2004 to 2006. It was played in Beijing, China. The purse was $300,000. The only multiple winner of the event was Retief Goosen, who won the event back-to-back in 2005 and 2006....	-15 (69-66-70-68=273)	Playoff	Mo Joong-Kyung Mo Joong-Kyung Mo Joong-Kyung is a professional golfer from South Korea who currently plays on the Asian Tour, were he has won twice.-Professional career:...

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