The partner of PGA Tour star Sahith Theegala has detailed the perks the 26-year-old will be given after getting his hands on almost £6million following his third-place finish at the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Juju Julianna took to social media to list the benefits after bemoaning the player’s refusal to fly her home on a private jet earlier this month.
Theegala finished behind event winner Scottie Scheffler and Colin Morakawa on 24 under par in Atlanta to pick up his share of the prize money.
The result means he is now ranked a career high No. 11 in the world and is in contention to play in next year’s Ryder Cup.
And Julianna explained on TikTok: “My boyfriend just finished third on the PGA Tour for the season-long race so let’s talk about what that gets him.
“The two biggest benefits are received by everybody in the top 30. So everybody who makes Tour Championship receives a two-year exemption on Tour which means they are all guaranteed their PGA Tour card, full exemption status, for the next two years, which is the same as if you win an event, you receive a two-year exemption. So Sahith is guaranteed his PGA Tour card for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
“The next biggest thing that the entire top 30 receives is an exemption into all four majors for the next season. So for 2025, Sahith will be in all four major – The Masters, The PGA, US Open and the Open Championship.”
She continued: “Now for a couple of things that are more specific to Sahith. This was Sahith’s third year on Tour. So because he gets two more years exempt he will qualify now for his retirement plan.
“So you have to reach five years on Tour – they don’t have to be consecutive – but you have to reach five years on Tour to get retirement.
“So since Sahith has now locked up his final two years of that five years he will be guaranteed retirement from the PGA Tour. Sahith got third-place money so he ended up getting $7.5million (£5.7m) for his third place at the Tour Championship. So part of the money he receives from that $7.5m will go into his retirement fund automatically.”
And she added: “There are some little things that come with your FedEx Cup ranking for the next year. The one that I know of is that Sahith will get to choose his Pro-Am times every week.
“Every week the players have to play in a Pro-Am, unless it’s a major, where people pay to play with the pros. And based on your FedEx Cup ranking from the year prior you get to decide which Pro-Am tee time you want.
“Last thing that I forgot is he also obviously gets into all the signature events and that’s for everybody in the top 50 from the year prior. So there are eight signature events next year and he’ll be in all of them, which is great.”
Julianna previously posted a video to TikTok which showed her flying home from Atlanta. And she captioned it: “When my boyfriend wins $7.5million in FedEx Cup and we don’t fly private home. My shoulder is dislocated literally, really badly, and I’m in pain all the time. See this arm, this is far as I can reach it and the same with this side over here.”