Fresh off top-10 finish at Masters, Sahith Theegala commits to Zurich Classic

The Zurich Classic of New Orleans picked up commitments from a couple of the PGA Tour’s young rising stars Tuesday morning.

Fore!Kids CEO Steve Worthy announced that Sahith Theegala, who had a top-10 finish at the Masters this weekend, and Justin Suh have teamed up to play in the April 20-23 tournament at TPC Louisiana.

“Sahith and Justin are two of the most promising young players on Tour,” Worthy said. “Sahith is in the top 30 in the world and Justin contended with a top 10 in The Players Championship last month.”

Theegala finished ninth in his first Masters tournament, carding a final-round 5-under 67 at Augusta National to soar up the leaderboard. He started the round in 25th place.

His final-round charge was punctuated by an improbable chip-in birdie from the gallery behind the 16th green that temporarily moved him into a tie for third at 6-under.

Also committing Tuesday to the $8.6 million tournament, the only two-man event on the PGA Tour, was the team of Tom Hoge and Harris English.

A three-time All-American at Pepperdine, Theegala turned pro in 2020 after winning the Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus awards.

He has played in 60 PGA Tour events and made 46 cuts since tying for 14th at the Safeway Open in his professional debut in June 2020.

This season, Theegala, who has climbed to 30th in the world rankings, has started 15 times with six top-10s. His best finish was a tie for second in the RSM Classic.

Suh has a pair of top-10 finishes this season — a tie for fifth at the Honda Classic and a tie for sixth at The Players Championship.

The world’s No. 1-ranked amateur in 2018-19 while playing collegiately at USC, Suh won the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Championship to earn his PGA Tour card. He also was voted Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year.

Ranked 26th in the world, Hoge already has four top-10 finishes this season — tying for third at both The Players Championship and Sentry Tournament of Champions.