ATLANTA – Sahith Theegala might have finished next to last at the Tour Championship, but just like the payout at East Lake, it was really a bonus.
“Me and Scott [Stallings] were just talking about [how] you’re never going to find two happier people who just finished dead last,” the 24-year-old Theegala said after Sunday's final round.
After a long season where he played 32 of 45 Tour events, Theegala, one of two PGA Tour rookies at East Lake along with Cameron Young, wrapped his rookie season with a 1-over 281 after 72 holes. He birdied the par-3 15th to get to even par for the day, but an unfortunate lip-out followed on the par-4 17th, sealing the next to last position in the 29-man field.