Delhiite enters world record with his juggling skills
With his arduous practise, golf coach Anup Singh managed to break the existing world record
I used to practise at least three hours every day, and guess it turned out to be fruitful for me.
ANUP SINGH ,
Golf coach
It’s not just the golf ball in the hole that helps win big, but also its juggling. That’s how Delhi-based golf coach, Anup Singh made it to the Guinness World Record recently. He juggled the golf ball for 12,000 metres and surpassed the previous world record in the category of Farthest Distance Travelled while Controlling a Golf Ball.
“I had been practising for six months with just one target in mind, that is to break the existing world record. On the day I finally made the record, I travelled 12kms in two hours and 27 minutes while juggling the ball with a golf club without letting it drop as I walked through the Karma Lakelands,” says Singh, who works as the head coach at the Gurugram resort.
A witness to this historic moment, on March 21, was Aryadev Khurana, director of Karma Lakelands. “Anup’s laser-sharp focus is worthy of applause! He has not only made a new record but also raised the bar for golf lovers across the globe... It’s commendable that Anup walked upto 12kms; he could have continued to walk for a few more kilometres but everyone asked him to stop,” he says.
The idea of registering his name in the record wasn’t impromptu as Singh is a professional golfer and a Bcategory teaching professional as per National Golf Association of India. “I always had a good hand-eye coordination, which is necessary to keep the ball in focus. I have been teaching young aspiring golfers and amateurs for over eight years now and juggling golf balls is a common warm-up that I practise with them as a teacher. Six months ago it struck me to look up if there’s a record of how long someone has kept the ball in the air. That’s when I felt the need to beat it,” says the 35-year-old.
“I used to practise at least three hours every day, and guess it turned out to be fruitful for me,” says Singh. His encounter with golf was quite accidental, too. “I wasn’t a kid of privilege, but I was an army kid as my father was a colonel. He wasn’t a big fan of golfing, but one of his friends loved the sport and introduced me to it when I was four years old,” he recalls.
“I’ve been a top-ranked junior and amateur golfer, and have played various professional tournaments in the country. Since I never wanted to leave golf, I chose to become a golf teaching professional. I believe I had to leave a mark in the history of the sport somewhere,” Singh signs off.