| Mukesh Kumar | |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Weight: | 159lb |
| Yearpro: | 1987 |
| Tour: | Professional Golf Tour of India |
| Prowins: | 51 |
| Asiawins: | 1 |
| Otherwins: | 50 |
| Award1: | PGA of India Tour Order of Merit winner |
| Year1: | 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06 |
| Award2: | Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit winner |
| Year2: | 2007–08 |
Mukesh Kumar (born 1 August 1965) is a professional golfer from India who currently plays on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI). He has won six Order of Merit titles on the PGTI and on earlier Indian tours. In terms of professional wins he is one of India's most successful golfers. He won his first Asian Tour event in 2016 at the Panasonic Open India.
Kumar has an illustrious career with over 100 professional wins and was the Indian Champion Golfer of the Year for 2000/2001. In 2004/2005 Kumar had 19 top-10s in 22 starts with 5 wins and 5 runners-up on the AMBI PGAI Tour.
After a 15-year career with 87 career titles, Kumar won his first event at the highly regarded Delhi Golf Club in those 15 years at the PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship with a three stroke win over Shiv Chawrasia and Digvijay Singh. It was his second win of 2005 to go along with his win in January at the Eastern Open and 3rd win on the AMBI PGAI Tour.
In his 2002/2003 season on the Hero Honda PGA Tour he had 11 wins, the most by anyone in that Tours history.
Kumar won his 100th professional event at the 2008 Tata Open.
Kumar's best year on the PGTI was in the 2007/2008 season, where he had four wins, 11 top-10s and his 6th Order of Merit title in India. He added a 5th career PGTI Tour win at the Solaris Chemtech Open in February 2005.[1] His 6th win came in May at the DDA Golf Open.[2] The win took him to the top spot on the Order of Merit. He is the career earnings leader on the PGTI. His 7th win came at the Tamil Nadu Open in August.[3] He won the Indianoil Xtra Premium Golf Masters in October for his 8th PGTI win, taking him to second on the Order of Merit, behind Gaganjeet Bhullar.
In December 2016 at age 51, Kumar won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Nov 2007 | IOC XtraPremium Masters Golf | −8 (69-73-68-70=280) | 2 strokes |  Rahul Ganapathy | |
| 2 | 6 Jan 2008 | Tata Open | −10 (69-68-67-68=272) | 3 strokes | Harendra Gupta | |
| 3 | 30 Mar 2008 | Centurion Bank of Punjab Open Golf Championship | −14 (67-69-68-70=274) | Playoff | Gaganjeet Bhullar | |
| 4 | 30 Aug 2008 | Tamil Nadu Open Golf Championship | −21 (67-63-64-65=259) | 11 strokes | Sanjay Kumar | |
| 5 | 13 Feb 2009 | Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship | −16 (68-70-67-67=272) | 5 strokes | Rahil Gangjee | |
| 6 | 16 May 2009 | DDA Open Golf Championship | −12 (69-67-65-67=268) | Playoff | Vijay Kumar | |
| 7 | 22 Aug 2009 | Tamil Nadu Open | −13 (65-65-66-71=267) | 2 strokes | Vijay Kumar | |
| 8 | 25 Oct 2009 | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf (2) | −18 (68-66-71-65=270) | 7 strokes | Shamim Khan, Feroz Ali Mollah | |
| 9 | 5 Feb 2010 | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Tollygunge) | −12 (65-69-66-68=268) | 6 strokes | Manav Jaini | |
| 10 | 25 Jun 2010 | Aircel PGTI Players Championship (Poona) | −5 (73-71-68-67=279) | Playoff | Rahil Gangjee | |
| 11 | 3 Sep 2010 | PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh) | −8 (70-67-70-73=280) | 1 stroke | Harendra Gupta, Gaurav Pratap Singh | |
| 12 | 7 Nov 2010 | LG Race to Ireland | −9 (69-66=135) | 2 strokes | Manav Jaini | |
| 13 | 29 Sep 2012 | IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf (3) | −11 (67-69-66-71=273) | 2 strokes | Harendra Gupta | |
| 14 | 10 Nov 2012 | PGTI Players Championship (Poona II) | −15 (68-67-66-68=269) | 6 strokes | Kapil Kumar | |
| 15 | 22 Feb 2013 | PGTI Players Championship (Chandigarh I) | −13 (67-67-75-66=275) | 4 strokes | Ashbeer Saini (a) | |
| 16 | 7 Mar 2015 | Cochin Masters | −14 (71-71-66-66=274) | 2 strokes | Rahil Gangjee, Shubhankar Sharma | |
| 17 | 20 Dec 2015 | Tata Open (2) | −15 (70-65-67-67=269) | Playoff | Vinod Kumar, Amardeep Malik | |
| 18 | 14 Oct 2016 | Chennai Open Golf Championship | −20 (61-68-65-66=260) | 11 strokes | Honey Baisoya | |
| 19 | 4 Dec 2016 | Panasonic Open India1 | −11 (67-69-70=206)* | 2 strokes | Rashid Khan, Jyoti Randhawa | |
| 20 | 15 Apr 2017 | Cochin Masters | −12 (70-68-71-67=276) | 1 stroke |  Anura Rohana | |
| 21 | 10 May 2019 | Tata Steel PGTI Players Championship (Panchkula) | −15 (70-67-71-65=273) | 1 stroke | Angad Cheema |