Indrajit Bhalotia is arguably the longest hitter of the golf ball in the history of Indian golf. At one point of time his 3-wood effort off the tee, would place him ahead of balls clubbed with Drivers of most of his fellow pros.
Indrajit, also known as ‘Rajat’, is a product of the Calcutta school of golf. At the time he was growing up, Calcutta was considered the ‘Nursery of Indian Golf’. If there was ever a conducive environment required, to assimilate the basic nuances of the sport, Indrajit had it.
In a two decade long professional career, Indrajit put on display his skills not just on the Indian circuit, (first the PGA Tour and then the PGTI), but also on the Asian Tour. His first claim to fame came in the year 1993 at the Wills Southern Open in Guindy, Chennai. This was followed up with a win at the Surya Nepal Masters the following year.
In this part, Indrajit talks of how he became the fittest golfer on the Asian Tour in 1998, training with athletes like Pete Sampras, Sanches Vicario and Ernie Els. He the goes on to mention how his new-found fitness helped him win the Crompton-Greaves All-India Matchplay Championship – the second richest tournament on the Indian Tour back then. He also talks about his golden run from 1998 to 2001, about the accident in 2002, that virtually ended his career as a full-time professional golfer, but which opened a new avenue for him in the field of coaching and golf entrepreneurship.
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