mentioned that his greatest strengths are “his love to compete with the best and being a great ambassador for the game.” Being a highly recruited player out of high school, Theegala was given many options on where he was going to take his talents. Due to the proximity to his hometown and family, the many great home golf courses, and the vision of his head coach, it was a fairly easy decision to choose Pepperdine University in Malibu. In his first three seasons playing for The Waves,
“NOT ONLY HAS RICK HELPED ELEVATE MY GOLF GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND AND PERSON TO HELP ME MENTALLY AS WELL.” Theegala on his relationship with PGA Professional Rick Hunter
Theegala was a solid player for the team until a wrist injury began to take a toll on him. What he thought was tendinitis turned out to be a combination of a stress fracture, a tear of the tendon, and build up in his joints of the left wrist. After much thought about the future of his career, Theegala decided to have surgery, forcing him to redshirt for a year and not play golf for six months. This time away from the game fueled the tank for Theegala, and he went on a tear during his senior season individually, winning many tournaments and helping to lead his team to being ranked #1 in the Nation. Unfortunately,
due to COVID-19, his (and his team’s) season ended abruptly, but his spectacular individual play led him to being the fifth golfer in history to earn all three (Fred Haskins, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus) individual collegiate player of the year awards. Since turning professional a few months ago, Theegala has already made two starts on the PGA TOUR and hopes to make many more in the future. With the talent that he has and the internal motivation to succeed, the name Sahith Theegala has the possibility to be said in the same breath as some of the great SoCal players!
Sahith and his family.
Sahith competing in the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage S C P G A . CClassic. OM 17