Mithun Perera Explained

Mithun Perera
Fullname:K. Mithun Chamika Udayanga Perera
Birth Date:26 December 1986
Birth Place:Boralla, Sri Lanka
Weight:155lb
Residence:Boralla, Sri Lanka
Spouse:Sudeshi Fernando
Children:2
Yearpro:2011
Tour:Asian Tour
Prowins:7

K. Mithun Chamika Udayanga Perera (born 26 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan golfer. His father, Nandasena Perera, is also a notable golfer.

As an amateur, Perera won the Sri Lanka Amateur three times as well as other Asian amateur events. He represented Sri Lanka in the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games and the 2010 South Asian Games.

Perera turned professional in 2011 and currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India and the Asian Tour. He is the first Sri Lankan to have full card in Asian Tour and the first Sri Lankan to have multiple wins on the Indian Tour. He has been runner-up three times on the Asian Tour; at the 2012 ISPS Handa Singapore Classic, the 2013 Zaykabar Myanmar Open and the 2014 Panasonic Open India, where he lost in a three-man playoff.

Amateur wins

Sources:[2] [3]

Professional wins (7)

Professional Golf Tour of India wins (7)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
18 Oct 2011Haryana Open−18 (68-66-64-72=270)1 stroke Ashok Kumar
218 Aug 2012Standard Chartered Open−13 (67-67-73-65=271)1 stroke Rashid Khan, Sanjay Kumar
325 Nov 2012Tata Open−11 (65-72-67-70=274)1 stroke Vinod Kumar
49 Feb 2014Standard Chartered Open−22 (63-68-65-66=262)3 strokes Nadaraja Thangaraja
515 Feb 2014Eagleburg Open−22 (65-66-64-71=266)3 strokes Anirban Lahiri
64 Mar 2018Chennai Open Golf Championship−14 (68-63-65-70=266)1 stroke Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh
715 Dec 2019ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship−8 (71-70-67-72=280)1 stroke Sanjeev Kumar

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sri Lanka's Mithun Perera Wins Mission Hills Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship . iagto.com . 21 January 2009.
  2. Web site: Mithun Perera . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 16 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Golfer Mithun does Lanka proud in Nepal . The Nation . Samiddha . Rathnayake . 3 May 2009.