{"id":546088,"date":"2026-03-17T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546088\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:30:13","slug":"watch-and-learn-sudarshan-yellamaraju-has-focus-transcendent-of-peers-thanks-to-observing-them-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546088\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch and learn: Sudarshan Yellamaraju has focus transcendent of peers thanks to observing them on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s the point in not being resilient and giving up?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a question Sudarshan Yellamaraju recently served back to reporters after placing T-5 at The Players Championship.<\/a> <\/p>\n

For Yellamaraju, resilience is indeed a natural thing \u2014 which was the root of the exchange, so much so that the 24-year-old PGA Tour rookie said he\u2019d never be able to forgive himself for giving up on a round. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no excuse to not have focus for the four or five hours that you play, especially if this is your job and this is what you want to do,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

And that\u2019s the driving force behind one of the hottest names on Tour. <\/p>\n

Yellamaraju learned the game on YouTube after moving to Canada when he was 4. He played golf outdoors just three months a year in frigid Winnipeg. <\/p>\n

Even though he was taught how to swing an iron by videos of Adam Scott and Rory McIlroy \u2014 now officially his peers \u2014 Yellamaraju is so focused on playing that he doesn\u2019t even realize that his childhood idols are passing by him in the clubhouse or going through the same exact 72-hole strain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week with the fans and the whole atmosphere, it kind of sunk in a little bit more for sure,\u201d he told the media after his 4-under 68 on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass.<\/p>\n

Yellamaraju grinded to make the cut at The Players. He was 1 over heading into the weekend, and used a 6-under 66 in the third round to help carry him up the leaderboard to a $925,000 cut of the tournament\u2019s $25M purse.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how the $25 million purse was paid out Sunday at the PGA Tour\u2019s flagship event, The Players Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to win every tournament, but that\u2019s not realistically possible,\u201d he said. \u201cI just wanted to play one shot at a time, play the best golf that I could. I stayed patient. I fought until the very end and never gave up, and that\u2019s all I could wish for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patience and focus, mixed with a splash of ingenuity on top of a bed of dedication. It\u2019s the makings of a possible star. <\/p>\n

Yellamaraju, who\u2019s made six of seven cuts this season including a pair of top-20 finishes at the Sony Open and the Cognizant Classic, would likely reject ever hearing that word. For now, he\u2019s at the very least created a reason for fans to follow \u2014 and they\u2019ve answered the call.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I had that run of birdies [Saturday], the crowd kind of cheering me on, keeping me motivated even when I was kind of feeling a little tired or losing energy,\u201d he said to his newfound fans on the course. \u201cAnd then today, same thing, just on 17 that was pretty cool. I kind of just wanted to enjoy the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the point in not being resilient and giving up? It\u2019s a question Sudarshan Yellamaraju recently served back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-546088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}