‘Best Support System’: Sahith Theegala Might Have Had a Gruesome Day but His Family Made Fans Forget His Mistakes

Sahith Theegala has made it to a solo third at East Lake after 54 holes. However, Saturday was not as effortless as the result sounds for him. After carding a birdie on the second hole at the newly renovated course. He drove his ball into a fairway bunker. What he did not realize was the approach might go wrong. He was touching the sand in an attempt to take the backswing.

Before hitting the bomb on the fourth hole, he called a PGA Tour rules official to get the incident under scrutiny. The 26-year-old was assessed a two-shot penalty after analyst Mark Dusbabek came on the NBC Broadcast to confirm the same. This resulted in a double bogey for the American player, and he finished with a 5-under 66.

However, all’s well that ends well. After a dramatic front nine, Theegala had a comparatively smoother run on the back nine. He started with an even par on the tenth hole and continued scoring back-to-back birdies from the eleventh to the closing hole. His series was interrupted only with one bogey on the thirteenth.

Nonetheless, his entire family, who had been present on the field witnessing him play since the opening round, was over cloud nine with his exceptional finish. The official Instagram page of the PGA Tour took to their wall and shared bits of the moment. They captioned it, “A dream finish for the Theegalas 🤩 His family was pumped to see him card five birdies in a row to close out the round @TOURChampionship.”

The wholesome moment of the Theegala family cheering for their member once again left the golf community overwhelmed.

The golf community sings praises of Sahith Theegala’s family

The Tour Championship was Sahith Theegala’s 100th opening in the Jay Monahan league. To celebrate that, every member of his family surprised him at the East Lake. They wore T-shirts that said “100th PGA”. They also had a flag where the entire occasion was written with different colors. As they were interviewed, a lot of them turned out to be the opposite of athletic, and yet they were still there.

This stole the hearts of the entire golf community. And now the cheer is just the cherry on the cake. Taking to the amazing Theegala family, one of them commented, “Theegala fam, ALL DAY! 🙌”. While another, funnily enough, wrote, “Sahith is the man! But I want to party with his dad. 😂😂😂”

Despite being deemed with a penalty for the unintentional interference, it was Theegala who called out the mistake for himself. If he had not, there were chances that it would have gone unnoticed. That is how honest and pure Sahith Theegala is! One of the fans, hinting that it comes because of the sheer support of his family, commented, “His family just shows why he’s such a great person. the best support system!” While another, simply complimenting him, wrote, “👏👏such an honest golfer 🏌️‍♀️”.

The golf community wants the 26 YO to win the Tour Championship so badly because of the support he has been getting from his family, that one of them requested Scottie Scheffler to let him win on the comment box. Scottie Scheffler has already won six tournaments just this season, and Theegala has been able to grab only one victory on the Tour so far.

Hoping he gets his second victory after coming too close to the win, one of them wrote, “Will Sahith win the tour championship? Scottie you won enough give this one to Sahith”. He is currently a whopping nine strokes away from the World No. 1. The chances of him bagging the win are slim, but his fans still have hope left for the final eighteen holes. Stay tuned to find out what he has in fate.