Who is Sahith Theegala’s coach?

Sahith Theegala is one of the PGA Tour’s most promising players, so who is his coach?

One of the most impressive young players in golf, Theegala has built a reputation for being an escape artist with his recovery shots.

Despite only being on Tour since the 2021/22 season, the California-born man has already lifted silverware.

To achieve that, Theegala has shown far more skill than just getting out of bad positions on the course.

So, with one man crafting his swing, who is Sahith Theegala’s coach?

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Who is Sahith Theegala’s coach?

The longtime coach in charge of his swing is veteran coach Rick Hunter.

From a young age, Hunter was aware of his pupil’s talent, explaining the qualities he had that could make him an elite golfer.

“He knew it, I knew it and his parents knew from a very young age that he was born to be a Tour player,” Hunter said.

In the PGA Tour’s documentary ‘The Life: Sahith Theegala’, Hunter expressed how impressed he was with Theegala’s ability to execute complicated shots.

Hunter’s favourite example came at the Genesis Invitational in 2017.

Paired with Phil Mickelson for the final 32 holes on Sunday after a weather delay, Theegala hit his tee shot on the famed par-3 sixth hole over the bunker to the back of the green.

With a front hole location, he had no chance of putting it, but that didn’t matter. Theegala still got up-and-down for par.

“He had no shot, absolutely no shot, but he pulled out his sand wedge and hit this unbelievable shot just to the left of the pin and made 3,” Hunter recalled.

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The pair teamed up when Theegala was just seven years old. He played at El Prado, a public course in his hometown of Los Angeles.

That is also where his coach was based and Hunter still works at El Prado as the Director of Instruction to this day.

Having taught over 40,000 lessons, Hunter has been a Class A PGA member for 27 years, so without a shadow of a doubt, is one of the most experienced in the game.

A nationally recognised junior teacher, Hunter has worked with three players who have won five junior world titles and other nationally recognised events.

Meanwhile, three of his students went on to become college “All-Americans”, including Theegala.

Throughout a glittering amateur career at Pepperdine University, Theegala worked heavily with men’s golf coach Michael Beard.

He even caddied for Theegala on a few occasions, while Ty Watkins was another coach Theegala learned from during his time at high school.

Theegala held Beard in such high regard that he once said the coach would help make his dream fourball.

The other two members? Theegala’s dad – who introduced him to golf – and Tiger Woods.