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“This win helps me
get back into the
winning habit.”
- Honey Baisoya
(Right to Left): Honey Baisoya receives the trophy and cheque from Ms. Nidhi
y,
Srivastava, Vice President, Kolte - Patil Developers Ltd., Mr. Narotam Chowdhary,
Captain, Poona Club Golf Course & Mr. Uttam Singh Mundy, CEO, PGTI.
D
elhi’s Honey Baisoya romped home
to a comfortable seven-shot victory at
the Rs. 30 lakh Kolte - Patil presents
Pune Open Golf Championship 2018 with
a course record total of 22-under-262. The
21-year-old with an insatiable appetite for
low scores, signed off with a last round of
six-under-65 at the Poona Club Golf Course
that helped him capture his ¿ fth career title
and also move into the lead in the PGTI
Order of Merit.
Bengaluru’s Udayan Mane (66), Delhi-based
(Left to Right): Mr. Divakar Shukla, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Pune City Centre, Mr. Rahul Agarwal, Chairman, Greens
Committee, Poona Club Golf Course, Ms. Nidhi Srivastava, Vice President, Kolte - Patil Developers Ltd., Mr. Uttam Singh
Mundy, CEO, PGTI, and Indian professional golfers Ajeetesh Sandhu, Rahil Gangjee and Khalin Joshi at the press conference
Arjun Prasad (67) and Om Prakash Chouhan
(70) of Mhow ended joint runners-up at
15-under-269.
The tournament which played host to a
galaxy of Indian stars had Kolte - Patil
Developers as its Presenting Partner. The
Of¿ cial Rehydration Partner of the event
was Fruitnik ORS while Hotel Crowne
Plaza Pune City Centre was the Of¿ cial
Hotel Partner.
Honey Baisoya (66-64-67-65), the overnight
leader by two shots, looked in no trouble
from the very outset on day four. Baisoya’s
four-under on the front-nine swept aside the
challenge of all his fellow competitors as he
enjoyed an almost unassailable seven-shot
lead at the turn.
The professional from the Delhi Golf Club
went on to add four more birdies against
two bogeys on the back-nine to close out the
match and put behind the disappointment of
a couple of runner-up ¿ nishes in the last six
months.
Baisoya said, “Losing in the playoff in
Bengaluru last year was really hard for me.
It affected my con¿ dence. I came close to
winning a tournament again in Kochi earlier
this year but couldn’t take my chances. This
win helps me get back into the winning
habit.”
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