He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents.

The record stood for 20 years until it was beaten in April 2024 by Chopra's fellow countryman Tim Widing.

[5] In 2007, Chopra won his first PGA Tour event at the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Tesoro.

In 2013–14, he made only 2 cuts in 16 events and finished 249th on the FedEx Cup points list and lost his PGA Tour card.

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) *Note: The 1995 Chinfon Republic of China Open was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.