Sachin Baisoya wins a thriller play-off to bag Jaipur Open
The Hindu
Sachin Baisoya wins in thrilling play-off against Rashid Khan.
Sachin Baisoya beat Rashid Khan on the fifth play-off hole after being tied on 22-under 258 in the ₹1 crore Jaipur Open golf championship at the par-70 Rambagh Golf Club in Jaipur on Saturday.
After four play-off holes on the par-5, 18th had failed to find the champion, Sachin came up with a sterling tee-shot that landed three feet from the pin on the par-3 second hole. Rashid found the bunker, and his par round failed to beat Sachin when he sank the birdie putt from three feet.
The champion collected ₹15 lakh and the runner-up ₹10 lakh.
Sachin was able to lift himself for the play-off with a 35-feet birdie putt on the 18th hole, as he recorded the day’s second best card of 6-under 64.
Likewise, Rashid who was second overnight, one shot away, recovered to score a birdie after finding the water hazard on the 18th, to get into the play-off.
The leader on the first three days, Arjun Prasad, shot 6-over 76, and finished joint 14th with 12-under 268. He had to be content with a purse of ₹1,45,700.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Akshay Sharma and Milind Soni were joint third with 16-under 264 and collected ₹4,99,833 each.
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