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Rambagh Golf Club: Sachin Baisoya made a comeback for the ages by clinching victory in a marathon playoff against Rashid Khan in the INR 1 crore Jaipur Open 2024 played at the Par-70 Rambagh Golf Club here on Saturday. Both the Delhi-based professionals, Sachin Baisoya (65-65-64-64) and Rashid Khan (64-68-61-65) ended the regulation 72 holes with identical totals of 22-under 258 before locking horns in a titanic playoff tussle that lasted an astonishing five extra holes.

The 29-year-old Baisoya finally sealed the deal with a three-feet birdie conversion following an extraordinary tee shot on the Par-3 second hole. Baisoya, involved in his first-ever playoff, lifted his third career title on Saturday which earned him a prize money cheque worth INR 15 lakh, thus pushing him up from sixth to fifth place in the PGTI Ranking.

Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma (67), Hyderabad’s Milind Soni (69) and Delhi’s Kshitij Naveed Kaul (70) finished in tied third place at 16-under 264. Jaipur’s Prakhar Asawa finished tied 43rd at three-under 277.