Sahith Theegala Career Statistics
CAREER: Pepperdine’s first National Player of the Year and its third three-time All-American ... In four playing seasons over five years, ended with the best scoring average (70.61) in Pepperdine history ... Also set the Pepperdine career record for below-par rounds (74) and tied the records for wins (four) and top-20 finishes (36) ... Finished sixth in top-10 finishes with 19 ... Played in 46 career tournaments and 134 rounds ... Four-time All-Region and three-time All-WCC first team.
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Won the
Fred Haskins Award,
Ben Hogan Award and
Jack Nicklaus Award ... Only the fifth player in the last 30 years to sweep all three national player of the year awards in the same season ... ... Named to the
All-American first team by both the GCAA/PING and Golfweek ... Rated #1 nationally by both Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin ... Also made the
GCAA/PING All-West Region team ... Set the Pepperdine single-season scoring record at 69.04 ... Appeared in eight tournaments and 24 rounds ... Was in the top-20 all eight times, had six top-10 finishes and two victories ... Posted 17 below-par rounds ... Won the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with a 16-under 197 (66-64-67) ... The 16-under tied the third-best 54-hole score in program history ... Won the Southwestern Invitational for the second time with a 12-under 204 (70-68-66) ... Tied for fourth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate with a 6-under 210 (76-65-69) ... Also tied for fourth at the Fighting Illini Invitational (68-73-69=210) ... Named the
Ben Hogan Player of the Month for January ... His best rounds of the season were a 7-under 64 in the second round of the MacKenzie and a 7-under 65 in the second round at Southern Highlands ... Season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Missed the season due to a wrist injury and redshirted ... Earned
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors.
PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Earned
Golfweek All-American third team honors as a junior ... Made the
GCAA/PING All-West Region team and
All-WCC first team, both for the third straight year ... Was on the Ben Hogan and Fred Haskins awards watch lists ... Ranked #25 by Golfweek/Sagarin and #50 by Golfstat ... Averaged a team-best 70.86 strokes, #2 on the Waves’ single-season list ... Had 19 below-par rounds, tied for fifth on the Waves’ single-season list ... Shared the team lead with six top 10s and nine top 20s ... Played in 12 events and 35 rounds ... Won his second career tournament at the Waves Challenge with an 11-under 205 (70-68-67), winning by a Pepperdine-record margin of 16 shots ... Third at the season-opening Gopher Invitational with a 6-under 207 (68-70-69) ... Tied for seventh at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with a 10-under 203 (68-68-67) ... Tied for fifth at the Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic with an 8-under 205 (66-72-67) ... Tied for seventh at the Prestige at PGA West with a 1-under 141 (69-72) ... Took eighth at the WCC Championships with a 2-under 214 (72-70-72) ... Tied for 18th at the NCAA Norman Regional with a 1-under 215 (73-66-76) ... Best round of the season was a 6-under 66 there ... Led the team at five events ... Had at least one below-par round at 11 of 12 events, and multiple under-par scores five times ... Named the
WCC Golfer of the Month for September.
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Earned
GCAA/PING All-American third team status and
Golfweek All-American honorable mention honors ... The
WCC Co-Player of the Year and an
All-WCC first team and
GCAA/PING All-West Region selection ... A semifinalist for the Jack Nicklaus Award ... Ranked #16 nationally by Golfstat and #33 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... Scoring average of 70.95 was then-#2 in Pepperdine single-season history ... His 21 below-par rounds rank third and his 12 top-20 finishes tied for fourth ... Also had five top-10 finishes, including his first college win at the Waves’ own Southwestern Invitational ... Shot a 10-under 206 (66-66-74) to win by one stroke ... Played in all 14 tournaments and 43 rounds ... Fifth place at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational with an 8-under 208 (72-69-67) ... Fifth place at the Arizona Intercollegiate (71-74-69=214) ... Tied for 12th at the Alister MacKenzie Invitational with an 8-under 205 (64-67-74) ... Tied for 28th at the WCC Championships (70-78-70=218) ... Tied for fourth place at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a 4-under 206 (71-68-67) ... Tied for 19th place at the NCAA Championships with an even-par 288 (71-71-71-75) ... Had the Waves’ best finish at the NCAA Championships since 2005 ... Recorded at least one below-par round in 12 of 14 tournaments and had at least two of them eight times ... Best round was a 7-under 64 in the first round of the Alister MacKenzie, tying the eighth-best round in program history ... Had 11 rounds in the 60s ... Had a score of 12-under after 36 holes of the Southwestern Invitational (#2 in program history) and an 11-under at the Alister MacKenzie (tied for #3) ... Was the top-finishing Wave at eight tournaments ... Named the
WCC Golfer of the Month for both February and March.
PEPPERDINE 2015-16: Had arguably the best freshman season of any player in Pepperdine history ... Was named the
WCC Freshman of the Year and made the
GCAA/PING All-West Region team and the
All-WCC first team ... Ranked #100 nationally by both Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin ... His scoring average of 71.06 was then-fourth in Pepperdine single-season history and beat the previous best by any freshman by two full strokes ... Had 17 below-par rounds (more than half of his rounds), another freshman record and then tied for fourth on the Waves’ full single-season list ... Played in 12 tournaments (32 rounds) and had two top-10 and seven top-20 finishes ... Led the Waves, or shared the team lead, four times ... Finished with a 54-hole score of 5-under three times ... Tied for fourth place with a 5-under 211 at the Bill Cullum Invitational (75-66-70) ... Tied for 10th at the Southwestern Jones Invitational with a 1-under 215 (70-68-77) ... Tied for 13th at the 3M Augusta Intercollegiate with a 3-under 213 (69-73-71) ... Had to withdraw from the WCC Championships due to a wrist injury ... Tied for 18th place at the NCAA Franklin Regional with a 5-under 211 (70-70-71).
JUNIOR/AMATEUR GOLF: Won the Australian Master of the Amateurs in January 2020 ... Named to the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup team, which traveled to France and defeated a team of internationals ... Qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open ... Won a Collegiate Showcase event to earn an exemption into the PGA Tour’s 2017 Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club, where he made the cut and finished tied for 49th with a 2-under 282 (67-73-71-71) ... Named the Southern Golf Association’s Amateur of the Month for February 2017 ... Played in the 2016 (quarterfinals), 2017 (round of 32), 2018 and 2019 (round of 64) U.S. Amateur Championships ... Won the 2019 SGCA Amateur Championship ... Won the 2017 Sahalee Players Championship ... Won the 2017 Morse Cup with the Southern California Golf Association at the Pacific Coast Amateur Championship ... Tied for seventh at the 2016 Canadian Amateur Championship ... Reached the quarterfinals of the 2016 SCGA Match Play Championship ... Won the Junior World Golf Championships three times (at the ages of six, eight and 10) … Placed second in 2015 and ninth in 2014 … Highest rankings achieved was 29th by AJGA/Polo and 44th by Junior Golf Scoreboard … Posted nine victories on the Toyota Tour, and won at the 2014 AJGA Junior All-Star event at Robinson Ranch … Competed at three U.S. Junior Amateur Championships, and reached the Round of 16 in 2014 … Won the 2014 L.A. City Championship by eight strokes after shooting 18-under over four days … Won the 2015 Orange County Championship and the 2014 Coronado City Championship … Was the 2010 Junior Masters Champion.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Diamond Bar (Calif.) High School in 2015 … Played four years on the varsity and was on the All-Sierra League first team all four years … Was the Sierra League’s Athlete of the Year as a senior and the League MVP as a junior … Diamond Bar won or shared the league title all four years and won CIF Southern Section titles in 2012 and 2013 … Was the San Gabriel Valley Tribune’s Area Player of the Year as a junior after winning the Hacienda League title and reaching the CIF state tournament … Was on the honor roll all four years.
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport administration … Born in Orange, Calif. … Son of Karuna Theegala and Muralidhar Theegala … Has one sibling, Sahan … Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “the amazing coaches, great location, awesome campus, close to home, the school’s small feel, the good academics and the great golf facilities.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys basketball, video games, cars and chess … Favorites include Jimmy Walker, Hunter Mahan and Sergio Garcia (pro golfers), Torrey Pines and Oak Valley (golf courses), The Ranger’s Apprentice series (book), The Spongebob Movie (movie), American Ninja Warrior (TV show), RL Grime and Flume (musical artists), rice and curry (food) and basketball (sport other than golf) … Favorite thing about golf is “the mental toughness needed to play this sport at a high level is unbelievable and it requires your attention all the time. Although it may not necessarily require the most physical ability, it is by far the hardest sport I have ever played.”
