2 pre-round warm-up exercises Sahith Theegala does before every round

Both exercises are designed to activate your core.

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Sahith Theegala introduced himself to a wider array of golf fans last weekend at the WM Phoenix Open, and neutrals didn’t take look to start pulling for him to snag his first career PGA Tour win.

In the end, a few squirly shots down the stretch left the 24 year-old Pepperdine alum one shot shy of a playoff. Disappointing, of course, but progress he can be proud of — with undoubtedly much more to come.

One of the strengths in Theegala’s game so far this season has been his performance from tee-to-green, where he currently ranks 55th on tour in Strokes Gained. And the hard work of maintaining those numbers starts in the gym.

Whether you realize it or not, most pros start their warmup long before they arrive on the first tee. These warmups rarely involve intense exercise and are instead treated more like activation sessions: Targeted movements designed to wake up specific areas of the body.

For Theegala, that involves two movements that involve activating his core, which you can watch in full on the Titelist Performance Institute’s Instagram video below.

Core-Activating Exercises

The first involves Theegala getting into golf posture and using a weighted cord, making a butter-churning motion with his arms. Your core’s job during this movement is to maintain stability as your arms move around the weight.

The second starts by standing on one leg, tilting forward with your upper body (using your raised leg to counter-balance) and then pulling your arm behind you. Your core’s job in this exercise is to provide torso stability as you move your legs and arms.

Both are crucial movements when it comes to swinging a golf club that, clearly, has been paying dividends on the course for Theegala.

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Luke Kerr-Dineen

Golf.com Contributor

Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Director of Service Journalism at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees the brand’s game improvement content spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.

An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University and in 2017 was named News Media Alliance’s “Rising Star.” His work has also appeared in USA Today, Golf Digest, Newsweek and The Daily Beast.

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