Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala Wins The Ben Hogan Award
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Pepperdine’s first Ben Hogan Award nominee is also the university’s first winner: Sahith Theegala.
Brentley Romine at GolfChannel.com on Theegala taking two of the more prestigious awards in golf and in the season after redshirting due to a wrist injury.
He won twice, at the Alister Mackenzie Invitational and Southwestern Invitational, and added four other top-6 finishes before his college career was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic. In amateur competition, Theegala won the Sahalee Players Amateur and SCGA Amateur last summer and captured the Australian Master of the Amateurs in December, while also qualifying for match play at the U.S. Amateur and Western Amateur.
Before turning professional last week, Theegala was ranked fifth in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and third in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking.
The Chino Hills, California, native headed to Chandler, Arizona, for his pro debut, at the Outlaw Tour’s Lone Tree Classic, where he opened in 62 and eventually tied for third. His first check amounted to $1,850.
He has already accepted a sponsor exemption into next month’s Rocket Mortgage Classic, which will mark his PGA Tour debut as a pro.
Here he is accepting the award:
