Pepperdine's Sahith Theegala takes Patriot All-America lead

12/30/2016 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

Sahith Theegala <br>(Golfweek Photo)

A dozen players are under-par after 36-holes and within five shots of Sahith Theegala

LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ (December 30, 2016) -- With a second round 4-under 66 Pepperdine sophomore Sahith Theegala has taken the Patriot All-America lead at the Wigwam Golf Gold Course. Theegala will now be charged with trying to protect a one-stroke lead over Ole Miss sophomore Braden Thornberry and first round leader, Andrew Whalen of Northwestern. Theegala, who exploded onto the national scene with a run to the quarterfinals at the 2016 U.S. Amateur, did most of his work on Friday during the middle portion of his round. A string of pars began his round before he birdied four-times from Nos. 8-12. Theegala dropped his only shot of the round on No. 14 but rebounded with a 16th hole birdie. Thornberry continued his strong play with a second round 1-under 69 to move to 5-under. The Ole Miss standout birdied Nos. 6 and 7 back-to-back and bogeyed No. 10 for his only dropped shot of the round. Whalen, a redshirt senior at Northwestern, started play one-stroke ahead and was fortunate to end the round only one behind. After posting a 5-under bogey-free 65 on Thursday Whalen had to scramble late in his second round. Through 15-holes on Friday, Whalen was 3-over and seemingly in a free fall prior to birdieing his final three holes.

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— Patriot All-America (@PatriotAllAm) December 31, 2016

The top-5 is being rounded out by UNLV's Shintaro Ban and Arizona's Jordan Gumberg who are both 4- under and tied for fourth. Among those still in the mix are Illinois' Nick Hardy (-2) and USC's Sean Crocker (-1).

Results: Patriot All-America

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Cameron Champ	Sacramento, CA	700	68-69-66=203
2	Zachary Olsen	Cordova, TN	500	67-71-65=203
T3	Nick Hardy	Northbrook, IL	400	70-68-66=204
T3	Sahith Theegala	Chino Hills, CA	400	68-66-70=204
T5	Sean Crocker	Long Beach, CA	400	73-66-66=205

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About the Patriot All-America

The Wigwam and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), in partnership with the Folds of Honor Foundation present the Patriot All- America Invitational. It's one of the most unique events in all of golf. 84 top collegiate players named to the ...

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