University of North Carolina Athletics
2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Sihan Sandhu
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School (West Chester, Pa.)
Scoring Average: 72.04 in 70 rounds
Best Finish: 1st, 2024-25 The Prestige Individual, PGA West Norman Course, La Quinta, Calif.; 1st, won playoff, 2025-26 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, Forest Hills GC, Augusta, Ga.
Match Play: 3-2 with one unfinished
Low Round (strokes): 65, 2nd round, 2025-26 Valspar Collegiate Invitational, Floridian National Golf Club, Palm City, Fla.
Low Round (to par): -6, 2nd round, 2025-26 Valspar Collegiate Invitational; 3rd round, 2025-26 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
Low UNC 54 Holes (strokes): 201, 2025-26 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
Low UNC 54 Holes (to par): 15-under 201, 2025-26 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational
Career: Scoring average (72.04) is the ninth-best in UNC history • Played 70 rounds in 23 tournaments • Won twice – the Prestige Individual at PGA West (Norman Course) as a freshman and the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational as a sophomore • Is 3-2 in match play with another match unfinished • Low round was 65 at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational at the Floridian National Golf Club • Shot 15-under 201 to secure a playoff at the Haskins, where he won on the third playoff hole • Has 38 rounds at par or better, including 14 in the 60s.
2025-26: Averaged 71.85 in 40 rounds • Started in 12 of UNC’s 13 tournaments • Won the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational in a playoff at the Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. • Rounds of 68-67-66 for 15-under 201 to get into a two-man playoff with Georgia Southern’s Thomas Horne • Won with a three-foot birdie on the third playoff hole • Made five birdies and only one bogey for a 4-under 68 in the third round of the NCAA Championship • Finished even-par 288 at Omni La Costa to tie for 32nd in the NCAA Championship • The 68 was UNC’s low round of the NCAA Championship • Low collegiate round was 65 at Valspar • Tied for 10th in the Tar Heel Intercollegiate at 3-under 207 with rounds of 69-68-70 • Went 1-1 in match play in the ACC Championship with a 1-up win over Clemson’s Colin Salema in the quarterfinals.
2024-25: PING/All-East Region selection, the first Tar Heel freshman to accomplish that since David Ford in 2022 • Academic All-ACC honoree and member of the ACC Honor Roll • Third-best scoring average on the team (72.30 in 30 rounds) • Was Carolina’s Most Improved Player • Averaged 74.22 over his first nine rounds and 71.48 over his last 21 • Started four times, including the ACC Championship and NCAA regional • Shot even par eight times and below par 10 times with five rounds in the 60s • Had the second-highest percentage of rounds at or below par (60.0%) on the team, behind only David Ford • Won the Prestige Individual tournament at Golf Club at Terra Lago in Indio, Calif., shooting 67-73-69 for 7-under 209 to win by seven strokes • Was the only player to shoot below par • Tied for third in stroke play (70-68-71) in the ACC Championship at 7-under 209 • Held a share of the lead in both of the final two rounds • Went 2-1 in match play in the ACC Championship, defeating Wake Forest’s Scotty Kennon 4&3 in the quarterfinals and Florida State’s Tyler Weaver 2&1 in the semifinals • Shot a pair of even-par 71s in the final two rounds in the NCAA regional to tie for 27th.Â
Prep/Amateur: Tied for fourth in the 2025 Monroe Invitational with three rounds in the 60s (two 66s) • Second-round 66 to tie for sixth in the 2025 Dogwood Invitational • Shot 8-under 64 in the first round of the 2025 Southern Amateur at The Blessings Golf Club in Arkansas • Attended the Laurel Springs School in West Chester, Pa. • Two-time Rolex Junior All-America and Junior All-Star • Was ranked as high as No. 8 by Junior Golf Scoreboard • At age 13 became the youngest male golfer in the top 100 in the Rolex AJGA rankings • Finished second in the 2023 Palmetto Amateur, fourth in the Eastern Amateur and fifth in the Dixie Amateur • Shot 67 at Duke in 2022 to qualify for U.S. Open Sectionals • In 2021, was third in the Scotty Robertson Memorial, fourth in the AJGA Wyndham, fifth in the AJGA Team TaylorMade Invitational and sixth in the Dustin Johnson Invitational • Won nearly 30 junior tournaments from 2012-20, including four European Championships, two Future Masters, the 2020 AJGA Open Championship and Donald Ross Invitational • Shot 65-70-67 to win the 2019 Teen World Championship by a record margin of 10 strokes • Shot 67-63-66 to break a 55-year-old scoring record to win the 2018 Future Masters • Shot 63-62-68 to win the 2016 US Kids World Championship by 17 strokes.
Personal: Born Sihan Jaskeerat Sandhu on November 1, 2005, in San Diego • Enjoys spending time with family and playing sports, especially basketball and badminton • Favorite place to eat is Chipotle • Favorite vacation destination is Cancun • Listens to rap and religious music • Favorite non-golf athlete is Kobe Bryant.
Low competitive round was a 62 in the 2016 Kids World Championship in Pinehurst • Honored with a joint resolution by the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017 following his win at Pinehurst • Favorite course is Trump International • Favorite golfer is Tiger Woods • Go-to club under pressure is the lob wedge • Best shot was holing out a 7 iron on the 18th hole at Pinehurst No. 2 to win a match • Dream pairing is with Tiger, Scottie Scheffler and Michael Jordan.
