2025-26 Men's Golf Roster
Sihan Sandhu
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Ashburn, Va.
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School (West Chester, Pa.)
Best Finish: 1, The Prestige Individual
Match Play: 2-1
Low Round: 67, 1st round, The Prestige Individual
Low Round: to Par: -5, 1st round, The Prestige Individual
Low UNC 54 Holes (strokes): 209, The Prestige Individual and ACC Championship
Low UNC 54 Holes (to par): -7, The Prestige Individual and ACC Championship
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.
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.
