SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP

October 1, 2021

Sahith Theegala

Country Club of Jackson

Quick Quotes

Q. How good did it feel to see that putt go in on 18?

SAHITH THEEGALA: So good. Me and my caddie exchanged a little wry smile there for sure. And I played really well today. I hit the ball pretty much where I was looking almost all day and I had so many opportunities kind of go by on that back nine there, so to finally see one go in was really cool.

Q. You kind of talked about, a couple times you said like not really, it's been so fast that you haven't been able to think about everything. Has that kind of helped the fact that you haven't been able to think about all what's going on? You just go out and play golf.

SAHITH THEEGALA: I would like to think so, I just literally haven't had time to think about my situation. Obviously got a little bit mini-celebration with my family and friends back home for a week for the TOUR card, but still it was, like, bang, bang. I was practicing the day after the celebration.

So, yeah, I think it's definitely helped that I haven't really had time to think about it and hopefully by the time I have some time I've kind of gotten into a little bit of a rhythm too.

Q. When you go into this weekend with a share for the lead, what do you pull from this your past to kind of help you along, to help you keep focused, and to hopefully continue to push towards the ultimate goal?

SAHITH THEEGALA: For sure. I think a lot of guys out here have made a certain progress in golf where they have kind of won at every level, and I've been lucky enough to do that as well at junior golf, college, and even mini-tour stuff. Didn't get that on the Korn Ferry, but I think just drawing on those past experiences, obviously the guys out here are the best of the best in the world so it's a little bit different.

But golf is still golf and that's what I keep saying to myself, like, there's a reason that we're all out here, and good golf is not something that we can't all do. So I think just stick to the game plan and keep doing what I've been doing my whole life. And I think every tournament that I've played to this point has kind of led me to something like this.

Q. 23 years old. To be doing the things that you're doing right now. I know you say that you don't want to think about the moment too much, but if you could just step back for just a split second, when you hear that, what does that make you feel?

SAHITH THEEGALA: It's pretty cool. Like you said, I don't really want to think about it too much. I'm obviously really thankful that I was able to get my status pretty much a year after college and being young out here and had a lot of guys kind of help me out here which is really cool, everyone has been really welcoming and guys have been awesome, so that's been great. So it hasn't been too much of a transition, but, yeah, I don't really want to think about that, but it's pretty cool for sure.

Q. But what's really gone into you playing so well so far this week?

SAHITH THEEGALA: I've been playing well for quite awhile now. Things just started clicking. Again, like to be in the lead in an event this big you definitely need some things going your way and it seems like I got a couple good breaks, even though some putts didn't fall, but, yeah...