Kumar has an illustrious career with over 100 professional wins and was the Indian Champion Golfer of the Year for 2000/2001.

After a 15-year career with 87 career titles, Kumar won his first event at the highly regarded Delhi Golf Club in those 15 years at the PSPB Open Petroleum Golf Championship with a three stroke win over Shiv Chawrasia and Digvijay Singh.

He added a 5th career PGTI Tour win at the Solaris Chemtech Open in February 2005.

[3] He won the Indianoil Xtra Premium Golf Masters in October for his 8th PGTI win, taking him to second on the Order of Merit, behind Gaganjeet Bhullar.

In December 2016 at age 51, Kumar won his first Asian Tour title at the Panasonic Open India.