New Delhi, February 13 Honey Baisoya fired a brilliant five-under 65 on the final day to secure a three-shot victory at the Rs 1.5 crore DP World Players Championship, ending a five-year title drought here on Friday.
Honey (63-65-64-65), who led by five shots overnight, capitalized on the advantage, making six birdies against a single bogey in the fourth round, for a total of 23-under 257 for the week.
It was Honey's eighth professional win. He collected the winning cheque worth Rs 22,50,000, moving from third place to first position in the 2026 DP World PGTI Order of Merit.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul (62-71-65-62), who was tied third overnight and six shots behind the leader, shot a 62 for the second time this week, the lowest score on the final day, to move up one position and finish the tournament as runner-up at 20-under 260.
Veer Ahlawat (65-67-66-65) took third place at 17-under 263 following his fourth round of 65 at the Qutab Golf Course.
Honey said, "I'm delighted to be back in the winner's circle after such a long time. I had a great day on the course today. Even though I had a five-shot lead overnight, I knew that I had to play really well in the final round, as Veer and Kshitij, who were chasing me, are capable of shooting very low scores on their day and cannot be counted out.
"I had played well last week in Chhattisgarh too, where I finished third. So, I knew that if I could control my nerves, I had a good chance of winning this week.
"The strategy today was to play at least three-under on the front-nine, which I felt would give me a good cushion on the back-nine. I even did better with a four-under on the front-nine. After that, I just had to save pars on the back-nine. The plan to attack with the driver from the seventh hole onwards paid off, as it produced three consecutive birdies and set up my win."
