Sudarshan Yellamaraju
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 9, 2001 Visakhapatnam, India |
| Height | 6 ft (183 cm) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Sporting nationality | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
| Residence | Mississauga, Canada[1] |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2021 |
| Current tour | PGA Tour |
| Former tours | |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Highest ranking | 96 (June 14, 2026)[2] (as of August 30, 2026) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2026 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2026 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Sudarshan Yellamaraju (born July 9, 2001) is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. After turning pro out of high school, he spent two years on the PGA Tour Canada and two years on the Korn Ferry Tour, winning his first professional event in 2025 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic. He became a PGA Tour member in 2026, and recorded a top-5 finish at The Players Championship in his debut.
Early life
Yellamaraju was born in Visakhapatnam, India, where his father's office overlooked a golf course; the two of them would routinely watch golf on television to learn the game together.[3] When he was four years old, his family moved to Winnipeg in Canada, where Yellamaraju learned golf at an indoor facility while watching YouTube videos to improve his swing. The family moved again to Mississauga when Yellamaraju was 11. He won a number of junior and amateur events as a teenager, highlighted by the 2017 Ontario Men's Amateur, which he won by a single stroke as the youngest player in the field.[4] He considered going to college, but could not afford the expense and did not get good enough scholarship offers, so instead turned professional in 2021.[5] Yellamaraju attended Stephen Lewis Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario prior to turning professional. [6]
Professional career
Yellamaraju entered his first two PGA Tour Canada events by winning Monday qualifiers before eventually becoming a full status member of the tour in 2022.[3] A strong series of results qualified him for the Korn Ferry Tour for 2024, but he initially struggled, recording just two top-25 finishes and finishing 99th in points in his first season. He won his first professional event in 2025 at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic, shooting 25-under-par to defeat Russell Knox and Kensei Hirata by five strokes.[5] At the end of 2025, he was 19th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list, enough to qualify him for PGA Tour status for 2026. He made the cut at five of his first six events in 2026 before finishing tied for fifth at The Players Championship, four shots behind winner Cameron Young.[7]
Amateur wins
- 2017 Investor's Group Ontario Men's Amateur[8]
Professional wins (1)
Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 22, 2025 | The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic | 70-64-65-64=263 | −25 | 5 strokes |  Kensei Hirata,  Russell Knox |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | |
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| U.S. Open | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 2026 |
|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T5 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
References
- ↑ "Sudarshan Yellamaraju". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Week 24 2026 Ending 14 Jun 2026" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
- 1 2 LaMagna, Joseph (March 10, 2026). "Five Things to Know About PGA Tour Rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju". The Fried Egg. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
- ↑ MacKellar, Peter (July 14, 2017). "Teenage phenom Yellamaraju wins Investors Group Ontario Men's Amateur Championship". Golf Ontario. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
- 1 2 Prise, Kevin (January 22, 2025). "Canada's Sudarshan Yellamaraju earns first Korn Ferry Tour title at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
- ↑ Feschuk, Dave (August 2, 2023). "This Mississauga golfer went straight from high school to the pros. YouTube has been his coach". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
- ↑ Schlabach, Mark (March 15, 2026). "Rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju opens eyes with strong Players". ESPN. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
- ↑ "Sudarshan Yellamaraju". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
See also
External links
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju at the PGA Tour official site
- Sudarshan Yellamaraju at the Official World Golf Ranking official site