Sahith Theegala has PGA fans in uproar coming into Genesis Invitational
by Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times
Feb 16, 2022
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Maybe it was his underdog story of a rookie playing on a sponsor's exemption, or the look of wide-eyed wonder on his bearded face, or the way his cool name rolls off the tongue, but the raucous galleries at the frat-house-party-like WM Phoenix Open grabbed ahold of Sahith Theegala last weekend and wouldn't let go.
Chants of "THEE-GAL-A! THEE-GAL-A!" filled the desert course at TPC Scottsdale, where the former Diamond Bar High School and Pepperdine University star stood atop the leaderboard for most of the four-day event and seemed on the verge of his first PGA Tour win before disaster struck
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