Yashas Chandra is one of the leading golfers to emerge from the city of Mysuru.
Chandra’s eight top-10s in 2024 helped him finish eighth on the PGTI Order of Merit. His best finish of the season was joint runner-up at the Gurgaon Open powered by Amrutanjan. He also had two other top-3 finishes at the Nissan presents Chandigarh Open hosted by Chandigarh Golf Club and the Nissan presents Delhi-NCR Open.
Yashas, representing Karnataka, won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2023 National Games.
Yashas was 14th in the 2023 PGTI Order of Merit after he posted five top-10s during the season. His top finish of the year was runner-up at the Bollineni Panache & Telangana Tourism presents Telangana Golconda Masters.
With six top-10s in 2022, Chandra secured 16th position on the PGTI Order of Merit. His best finishes were tied third places at the Pune Open and the IndianOil SERVO Masters.
He came up with two top-10s on the PGTI in 2020-21. His season-best was tied sixth at the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2020 presented by Chandigarh Golf Club.
Yashas clinched a runner-up finish at the Pune Open 2019. He posted four more top-10s the same season to end up 18th on the PGTI’s money list.
In his rookie season in 2018, Chandra claimed two top-5 results to finish 25th on the PGTI’s merit list. His best result of the season was fourth place at the CG Open.