Sudarshan Yellamaraju (Golfer) Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Sudarshy
Profession	Golfer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	6' (183 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	Year, 2002
Age (as of 2025)	24 Years
Birthplace	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Canadian
Hometown	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Religion	Hinduism
Social Media	Instagram
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Suresh Yellamaraju Mother- Meera Yellamaraju

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sudarshan Yellamaraju

• Sudarshan Yellamaraju was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

• When he was four years old, he moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his parents.

• When he was six years old, his father, Suresh Yellamaraju, started taking him to a local indoor golf dome. There, Sudarshan learnt to hit golf balls with rental clubs.

  

  A childhood picture of Sudarshan Yellamaraju while practising golf at a golf dome

• Sudarshan Yellamaraju later stated in a media interview that the rental clubs he first used for golf were not ideal. They were heavy men’s clubs with small heads.

• According to his parents, he had a huge interest in the sport. His father did not hire him a coach as Sudarshan began learning from YouTube videos.

• He spent hours watching swings from noted golf players like Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Adam Scott.

• After that, Sudarshan Yellamaraju tried to copy the moves of these players at home and on the driving range.

  

  A childhood picture of Sudarshan while practising golf

• Sudarshan Yellamaraju once shared in the media that he watched the YouTube videos many times to understand the game of other golf players. He said,
  

  I would watch videos of Tiger, Rory, Adam Scott, anybody really. When you watch live golf you cannot stop it and look again. But on YouTube I could watch things again and again and try to understand what they were doing.”

  He added in the same conversation that he followed a simple and slow process to learn golf. He, along with his father, followed the trial-and-error method. They tried and practised different swings many times. He said,

  Some things worked and some things did not. We had to figure out what parts of the swing worked for me.”

• When Sudarshan Yellamaraju was nine years old, he received his first golf kit.

• After that, he participated in the Fried Egg Golf championships, where he played his first 18-hole round at a tournament. He shot 101 in the first round.
  

  A childhood picture of Sudarshan Yellamaraju

• When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Mississauga, Ontario, from Manitoba, Canada.

• He kept practising and improving his golf game at Larters at St. Andrews Golf and Country Club and the Golf Dome.

• When he was ten years old, in 2012, Sudarshan Yellamaraju participated in the Junior Bantam Championship and played his first competitive round at Tuxedo Golf Course.

• He finished fourth overall and scored 14-over par 154. He shot back-to-back rounds of 7-over par 77. He was five strokes behind champion John Racciatti Jr. His score won him the 12-and-under division crown.

• When Sudarshan Yellamaraju was sixteen years old, he participated in the Ontario Amateur Championship and won. During this championship, he was the youngest player on the field, and he birdied the 72nd hole and avoided the playoff.

  

  An old picture of Sudarshan Yellamaraju

• He then received many offers to play college golf in the United States, but he could not afford it as he did not have any scholarships.

• After completing his school education, Sudarshan Yellamaraju took a gap for a year and turned professional at the age of nineteen in 2021.

• He once shared the reason for turning professional so early in a media talk. He said,
  

  I was very confident and my parents believed in me. I had come this far and really didn’t want to give it all up. The decision wasn’t easy and it’s not a traditional route, but it was something that made sense to me and my parents — and that’s all that mattered.”

• His pro career moved forward slowly without sponsors. Yellamaraju received support from his parents and kept competing in Canadian tours.

• He claimed in a media talk that his parents did not have enough money to sponsor his tours. He said,
  

  I needed to play well right away because my parents can’t do this forever. They don’t have that kind of money.”

  In the same conversation, he remembered that when he stood second in a Mackenzie Tour event, he received a few thousand dollars and started funding his journey himself.

• In 2023, he participated in the ASHER tour event at the Power Ranch Championship and won.
  

  Sudarshan Yellamaraju after winning the ASHER tour event at the Power Ranch Championship

• That same year, Sudarshan Yellamaraju competed in the Niagara Championship, the second event of the East Coast Pro Tour and won. The event was organised at Niagara National Golf Club, Canada.
  

  Sudarshan Yellamaraju (middle) after winning the Niagara Championship, the second event of the East Coast Pro Tour

• In 2024, he received a Korn Ferry Tour card through qualifying school.

• In the 2025 season of the Korn Ferry Tour, Sudarshan Yellamaraju won the second event of the year and finished 19th on the points list.

• That same year, he participated in the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic and defeated his opponent golfer Kensei Hirata by five.

• After this, he received his PGA Tour card for 2026.
  

  Sudarshan Yellamaraju after earning his PGA Tour card in 2025

• In 2026, he played at the TPC Sawgrass.

• As of 2026, Sudarshan Yellamaraju did not practise with any coaches. Once, during a media conversation, he was asked if he had ever taken a lesson from any golf coach. He then replied,
  

  Nope. I am a feel player. If I see the ball going one direction too much, I just try to figure out how to change it.”

  

  Sudarshan Yellamaraju while playing golf

• In March 2026, he made headlines when he was ranked 216th in the world.

• During the 2026 PGA Tour season, Sudarshan Yellamaraju made five of seven cuts and entered the Players week 63rd on the FedEx Cup points list.

• His best finish was a tie for 13th at the Sony Open.

• Apart from golf, Sudarshan Yellamaraju likes watching cricket and hockey in his free time. He also likes watching soccer and supports Manchester United.