Golf
Overcoming poor form and father's illness, Baisoya lights up the greens
The golfer from Kotla Mubarakpur, who won his fourth PGTI title last week, had almost skipped the tournament due to poor form and father's ill-health
Khurram Habib
A sports journalist for 23 years now, having written extensively on cricket, golf, Formula One among other sports. Have also manned desks, sports and otherwise.
15 Apr, 2025
A day before he was to play the Rs 2 crore Indorama Ventures Open Golf Championship 2025 in Ahmedabad, Sachin Baisoya saw his father fall ill and get admitted to a hospital in Delhi.
Baisoya, a resident from Kotla Mubarakpur in south Delhi, told his father that he wouldn’t compete. His form had deserted him over the past three-four tournaments as he wasn’t hitting the ball well.
“I was not playing well, and was hitting the ball off. For the last 3-4 tournaments, I was not playing well,” says Baisoya to www.thedelhijunction.com
“Father had to be admitted to hospital a day before the event was to begin. He vomited blood. I told him that I will not go to play the tournament, will stay here. He said, ‘Don’t worry, you go and play. I will get fine’. I told him that my game is not doing well. He said, ‘don’t worry, God will help’,” recalls Baisoya about last week’s interaction.
Prior to his father’s illness, Baisoya had teamed up with chaacha (paternal uncle) Vinod uncle.
“My uncle Vinod Kumar helped me, coached me. There was a problem in ball position and he helped in that. That got sorted,” says the 30-year-old.
That experience with Kumar helped him in the crunch moment.
He managed to score four-under in the final round and moved from tied seventh to the top of the table and then win the title via playoff.
Baisoya, whose home course in the Delhi Golf Course, began playing golf in 2011 after watching chaacha Vinod Kumar.
“I worked as a caddie for about a year – in 2013-14. That was to gain personal experience, get the line and learn.”
He played just one amateur tournament in 2012 at Golden Greens in Gurugram and also had a brief stint at junior level before turning professional in 2016.
This was Baisoya’s fourth title. He won two titles in 2023 -- in Tollygunge Golf Club, Kolkata and Jeev Milkha Invitational at Chandigarh. Then he won a tournament in Jaipur in 2024, winning playoff five times against Rashid Khan.
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