Milkha singh was born on December 15, 1971, Chandigarh. He is the son of former Indian Olympian athlete Milkha Singh and his mother is Nirmal Kaur, former captain of the Indian women’s volleyball team.
He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and was the first Indian golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is also known as Tiger Woods of India.
At the age of 13 he won his first amateur tournament, American Express Championship in Delhi.
Jeev has been a regular in the Asian PGA Tour since the mid 1990s and has bagged a number of major competitions. In 1997 he finished seventh at the European Tour qualifying school, and he joined the tour the following year.
In April 2006, Jeev won the Volvo China Open, becoming the second Indian to win on the European Tour.
Jeev has won several honors and awards. The major awards include Padma Shri, Asian Tour Order of Merit.
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