Shiv Chawrasia

Shiv Chawrasia
Personal information
Full name	Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia
Nickname	SSP, Chipputtsia, The Battleship
Born	(1978-05-15) 15 May 1978 (age 46) Kolkata, India
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality	India
Residence	Kolkata, India
Spouse	Simantini Prasad Chawrasia
Career
Turned professional	1997
Current tour(s)	European Tour Asian Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	4
Asian Tour	6
Other	12

Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia (born 15 May 1978), commonly known as S.S.P. Chawrasia, is an Indian professional golfer. Since 2008 he has won six Asian Tour events, four of which were co-sanctioned by the European Tour. He has had particular success in the Hero Indian Open where he was runner-up in 1999, 2006, 2013 and 2015 and winner in 2016 and 2017. Nearly all his success has been in India; his only win outside India being the 2016 Resorts World Manila Masters. At the end of the 2014 season he asked the Asian Tour to change the spelling of his last name, previously Chowrasia, to Chawrasia, the spelling that is on his passport.