Akshay Bhatia imparts surprising 2024 PGA Tour goals, climbs into Sony Open contention
Akshay Bhatia’s win last year on the PGA Tour earned him full status for 2024. He is already making good on it, too. For the second week in a row, the 21-year-old enters the weekend in contention; this time at the Sony Open.
Last week, Bhatia was one shot off the lead at The Sentry heading into Sunday but had to settle for a T14 as he shot at 71. On Friday, the rising star posted a 6-under 64 to leave himself two shots off the lead, currently held by a trio of golfers.
AE bash’s win last year on the PGA tour earned him full status for 2024 he is already making good on it two for the second week in a row the 21-year-old enters the weekend in contention this time at the Sony Open last week Basha was one shot off the
Lead at the Sentry heading into Sunday but had to settle for a T14 as he shot at 71 on Friday the rising star posted a 6 under 64 to leave him self Two Shots off the lead currently held by a trio of golfers unlike in the past this year he
Switched things up for the 2020 for season and did something he doesn’t normally do for himself set goals this year I have goals I want to achieve Basha said after his second round there are a lot of things that I can’t control and I think as I’m maturing more I’m
Understanding that I’m okay with a lot more things I’m switching the mentality around I need to keep doing that it’s a long season it’s a bit surprising to learn that setting goals was not something he had done previously but Breaking Habits can be difficult so the youngster has decided to be nicer to
Himself when things don’t go well Basha knows it’ll be a long season so pacing himself and listening to his body are big priorities to be more realistic with myself I think I’m so hard on myself all the time he said like I said switching the way I talk to myself and certain
Things I want to achieve it’s not going to happen overnight it’s going to be a long process I don’t know it frees me up having those in the back of my head where they’re not to goal oriented but achievable in a way this new mindset has
Seemed to work for bosha thus far when Basha changed Putters at the Sentry instead of setting a result oriented goal he went into the tournament with a no judgment approach Basha finished the week number three in Strokes gained pudding he shot five Strokes better than
He did in the first round this week but it was his last for holes that made a difference as he went four under during that stretch on his final hole the par 59th the Wake Forest NC resident hit it 330 yd off the T and had
177 yds to the green he hit a beautiful approach shot that landed 11 ft from the hole Basha then sank the eagle putt building momentum heading into Saturday his new approach to the game seems to be paying off for him and just might land him his second career when on tour
