Learn About Four Pepperdine Men’s Golf Alumni Competing on the PGA Tour

Four Pepperdine men’s golf alumni—Joe Highsmith (’22), William Mouw (’23), Andrew Putnam (’11), and Sahith Theegala (’20)—have earned a PGA Tour card and are currently competing in golf's most prestigious professional league. By earning this elite status, these former Wave golfers are distinguished as four of the current 125 players in the world who hold full-time PGA Tour cards, granting them entry into most PGA Tour events.

At the highest level of golf, Pepperdine’s alumni have been successful. On March 2, 2025, Highsmith won the Cognizant Classic in Palm Springs, Florida to become the fourth Wave ever to win a PGA tour-level event. Theegala—who won the Fortinet Championship in 2023—and Putnam—who won the Barracuda Championship in 2018—have also contributed to this growing list of Pepperdine champions. And Mouw earned his way to the big leagues by finishing in the top 30 of the Korn Ferry tour’s points list for 2024.

Learn more about these impressive athletes on the University Newsroom.