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.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 8 Oct 2011 | Haryana Open | −18 (68-66-64-72=270) | 1 stroke | Ashok Kumar | |
2 | 18 Aug 2012 | Standard Chartered Open | −13 (67-67-73-65=271) | 1 stroke | Rashid Khan, Sanjay Kumar | |
3 | 25 Nov 2012 | Tata Open | −11 (65-72-67-70=274) | 1 stroke | Vinod Kumar | |
4 | 9 Feb 2014 | Standard Chartered Open | −22 (63-68-65-66=262) | 3 strokes | Nadaraja Thangaraja | |
5 | 15 Feb 2014 | Eagleburg Open | −22 (65-66-64-71=266) | 3 strokes | Anirban Lahiri | |
6 | 4 Mar 2018 | Chennai Open Golf Championship | −14 (68-63-65-70=266) | 1 stroke | Mukesh Kumar, Digvijay Singh | |
7 | 15 Dec 2019 | ICC RCGC Open Golf Championship | −8 (71-70-67-72=280) | 1 stroke | Sanjeev Kumar |
Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)