He started playing golf at 6 years old when his father introduced him to the game at the Rail Coach Factory in Kapurthala. |
His father has represented India at the Asian Games in the 400m race and was on the probable list of Olympic athletes but couldn’t qualify. |
His mother is a national-level high jumper. |
At 9 years old, he participated in his first junior and sub-junior events. |
He joined India’s amateur squad at 16 years old. |
Ranked no. 1 in India as an amateur golf player in 2004 and 2006. |
In 2013, he established the Gaganjeet Bhullar Foundation to support underprivileged kids. |
He has adopted Kandila, a village in Gurdaspur, Punjab, and through his foundation, he provides villagers with daily necessities including drinking water, solar power, and bioenergy. |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he donated solar panels to 10 families in his adopted village. |
In 2014, a wrist injury forced him to miss 8 tournaments. |
He won the BMW M8 Coupé at the BMW International Open in 2019 after scoring a hole-in-one shot from 196 yards. |
He practices yoga regularly to stay healthy. |
Prefers driving SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles) over other types of cars. |
He is a member of the Chandigarh Golf Club. |
Part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), a program by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to prepare Indian athletes for the Olympics. |
Considers Tiger Woods, Milkha Singh, Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal, and Jyoti Randhawa as his inspirations. |
He will represent India in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. |
Angel investor in several startups and invests in markets and financial instruments. |
Founder and chairman of Candila Capital, an investment advisory firm. |