Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, Stand with us in our mission to discover and uncover the story of North Texas, 10 things to know about Will Zalatoris, including his first PGA tour win, the 36-hole leader at the 2022 PGA Championship, ultimately falling short of his first major championship after losing to Justin Thomas in a three-hole playoff, ultimately fell one shot short of Matsuyama and finished in solo second place, good for a payday of $1,242,000, No. Zalatoris sat atop the FedExCup standings after winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but he had to withdraw early in the third round of the following weeks BMW Championship. NT = No tournament Who Is Will Zalatoris' Wife? | Golf Monthly "We're talking inches," he says. According to Golf Monthly, Sellers has completed her post-graduate studies at the University of Texas and is most likely working as a marketing analyst. He didnt exactly take it easy during his time off. He has suffered two herniated discs and has been away from the game. Each morning, he ate a full breakfast at 6 a.m. and then waited until late in the evening to have a robust dinner. Will Zalatoris' Climb to Success Makes Him a PGA Tour Star-In-Waiting Zalatoris won on the third playoff hole. Fifty-four holes, no cut, that's an easy life" -- Padraig Harrington. CUT = missed the half-way cut They are unarguably made for each other. https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/12/14/will-zalatoris-gets-married-caitlin-sellers-tournament-of-champions/, Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, announced his engagement to girlfriend Caitlin Sellers, Zalatoris suffered a back injury on the third hole, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. A 24-year-old American golfer who isn't even on the PGA Tour yet won $1.2 million at the Masters and is reveling in his newfound fame. After a short visit and numerous stretches, Zalatoris decided to withdraw from the event. Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. [15], In June 2022, Zalatoris had another second place in a major championship. Scott Bell, Breaking News Editor. This week is a limited-field tournanment with only last years winners and Tour Championship qualifiers. Zalatoris ultimately fell one shot short of Matsuyama and finished in solo second place, good for a payday of $1,242,000. [16], On August 14, 2022, Zalatoris won his first PGA Tour event, winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee on the third playoff hole against Sepp Straka. Zalatoris made the most of a four-month rehabilitation process after suffering two herniated discs in his back, but its a new year and hes ready to return to competition at this weeks Sentry Tournament of Champions. Zalatoris' first professional victory came in July 2020, when he narrowly won the TPC Colorado Championship by one stroke. 7 the season prior. Something went wrong while submitting the form. Hes also changed his setup to help fix some of his motor pattern issues that may have caused his injury. The former Trinity Christian Academy-Addison star is one of the top American golfers less than two years removed from grinding on the Korn Ferry Tour. For the first time in 138 days, Will Zalatoris will play a PGA Tour event this week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. It was actually nice because I was able to bring the ball flight down, which, I mean, I know living in Texas youre used to hitting the ball low, but its doing it by itself as opposed to having to manipulate it. Glover closed with a 66 and wound up in a tie for third. Straka, already a winner this year in the Honda Classic, narrowly missed a 20-foot birdie putt for the victory on the 18th for a 67. The shorter driver allows him more time to bring a potential right miss back on line, he said. Its also the first of the PGA Tours new elevated events, with a $15 million purse. He ranked top-three in both Total Driving and Greens in Regulation on the 2019 and 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour, as well. Find classes that best matches your needs. PGA Tour: Will Zalatoris made LIV Golf look like dumbest thing ever The first event of 2023 also could be Will Zalatoris' first start since August. The Plano alum walked down the aisle with his long-term girlfriend, Caitlin Sellers, who has been his best friend since his college days. He even married his longtime sweetheart, Caitlin. Zalatoris called the process the "easiest 15 pounds [he's] ever put on." . ET in the final group with Mito Pereira. Masters 2021: Now in full bloom, Will Zalatoris nearly cooks up victory It was quite the scene at Wilmington (Del.) Newlywed Will Zalatoris returns from back injury at Sentry Will and family moved to Dallas, Texas when he was 9 years old and he began working hard on his game while competing in top junior tournaments. Sharing the good news, the Texas native posted a slew of glamorous pictures with a caption that said: Earlier this week, he again took to his social media account to share a happy moment from his wedding. Its hard when youre the No. The Wake Forest alum has been a premier ball-striker for four consecutive seasons in TOUR-sanctioned competition, and he admits its not natural inclination to want to change anything. Zalatoris will collect $500,000 for 30th, or last place . Zalatoris zoomed up the leaderboard Friday with a second-round 65 to take the solo lead at 9 under. 1 in the world stays with Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, who missed the cut and spent Sunday playing Pine Valley for the first time. Thats the most recent tournament he completed before injury struck, and its a feeling hes keen to recapture. He birdied the first hole, made only one other birdie, shot 70 and tied for 13th. Wills strong play continued and he finished in 2nd place at the 2021 Masters Tournament, one stroke behind the champion. The breakthrough: Will Zalatoris survives bizarre, thrilling playoff to They checked with Smith, who confirmed it was touching the line. The growing legend of Will Zalatoris - The Athletic Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020. He went to the drop zone, hit to 7 feet and let his raised hands drop over his head in relief when he made the winning putt. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Being in contention as much as I was last year, theres just no better feeling than it, Zalatoris said Tuesday. 2. The two have been together for more than four years now after meeting at Wake Forest college in late 2018. Was all but a lock to make roster as a captains pick, begging the question of who will replace him, How Will Zalatoris turned his putter into a strength. Zalatoris who grew up in San Francisco, got his start in golf as a youth at the California Golf Club, went to college at Wake Forest and now makes his home in Texas combines the perfect . Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. Will had an outstanding collegiate and amateur career, which included representing the United States on the 2017 Walker Cup team at Los Angeles Country Club and winning 4 collegiate titles. The current leader in the FedEx Cup standings. Will Zalatoris withdraws from BMW Championship: FedEx Cup points leader "Considering all those close finishes, it means a lot.". That offer came in 2015, when Zalatoris was 18 years old. Will Zalatoris spent his weekend on the greens, but not the one he's used to. Zalatoris looked to be in trouble from a fairway bunker on the 18th in regulation until he made that 10-footer for par at a 4-under 66. He could have been referring to his runner-up finish to Hideki Matsuyama in the Masters last year or the playoff losses at Torrey Pines and at Southern Hills in the PGA Championship or most recently the putt that burned the edge of the cup that kept him from a U.S. Open playoff. Will Zalatoris has withdrawn from the 2022 BMW Championship in the third round after suffering a back injury, the PGA Tour announced on Saturday. $14,217,888 Career Earnings. Zalatoris was born in San Francisco, California, but his family moved to the Dallas, Texas, area . The 26-year-old has long displayed an aptitude for quickly bouncing back from injury. NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic. The post included the caption, Best day of my life. 34 and has a good chance of being part of the top 30 who go to the Tour Championship to play for that $18 million first prize. His tee shot hit the bank and then bounced seven times on the rocks before coming to rest. Junior Amateur champion announced his engagement to girlfriend Caitlin Sellers, also a Demon Deacon, with a series of pictures on Instagram back in April of 2021. He had no realistic shot. After withdrawing from the 2021 Open Championship due to a muscular issue, he finished T8 in his next start, the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational three weeks later. Szokol opens with 64, up 3 shots in Singapore, More PGA Tour changes: No cuts, smaller fields, Rahm sought Tiger's advice on staying No. TSR3 Titleist Driver. Zalatoris, 26, was injured on the third hole of the third round of the BMW Championship on Saturday at Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. Watching some of my friends play, going to the Presidents Cup, kind of keeping my mind active and spending some time with the guys back home, even just riding around in a cart when they were playing, Zalatoris described his downtime, keep my mind active, even though my body wouldnt let me. Like Spieth and Scheffler, Zalatoris received the opportunity to play in the AT&T Byron Nelson as a teenager through a sponsors exemption. It ended up being the second PGA Tour event of his career he earned a spot in the field of the 2015 Northern Trust by winning a collegiate showcase. I basically am trying to get more, be a little bit more centered as opposed to having kind of ball forward with more spine tilt at address, he said. A huge break for Zalatoris? Sitting in a hospital bed on the Monday morning of the tournament, Zalatoris had to make one of the toughest phone calls of his life when he dialed up tournament director Jon Drago and withdrew from the tournament. He previously worked for the DMN sports department from 2010-2022, where he served as SportsDay's lead digital strategist and oversaw coverage of college sports, HS sports, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, soccer and golf. "This course is where every shot you hit you're on the edge of your seat," Straka said. I love you., On Tuesday, also via Instagram, Zalatoris posted a photo of the happy couple with the caption, Cant wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. [3] In his junior year, Zalatoris was named All-ACC, First-Team GCAA All-American, First-Team Golf week All-American, Nicklaus Award finalist, Hogan Award semifinalist, played in all 12 events and had a scoring average of 70.14, third-best season average in school history. Straka, who played bogey-free over the final 13 holes in regulation, moves to No. Zalatoris and Scheffler are separated by only a couple months in age, so the two played together quite frequently as juniors. It was nice because I was able to bring the ball flight down; living in Texas, youre used to hitting the ball low, but its doing it by itself as opposed to having to manipulate it. He teed off at 2:50 p.m. Will Zalatoris withdraws from Tour Championship, will also not play in Will Zalatoris is a rising star on the PGA Tour who has three top-10 finishes in the . Zalatoris holed a dramatic 18th-hole birdie to tie the match against Na and he won the match four holes later with a birdie at the par-4 13th hole. Its the PGA TOURs first designated event of 2023, with 17 of the top 20 players on the Official World Golf Ranking set to compete at the Plantation Course at Kapalua. Will Zalatoris. Will Zalatoris was born August 16, 1996, to his parents, Richard Zalatoris and Catherine Zalatoris. He came shot consistently all weekend, shooting a 69 in each round Thursday- Saturday. Zalatoris just missed earning one of the six automatic spots on the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup. The fix: adjusting his setup, with the goal of reducing the strain on his back. It made us all really sharp. Yes, as a 14-year-old kid. He even had his favorite spot right off the 18th hole where hed strategically place himself to get autographs from his favorite players. Musician Gryffin congratulated the golfer in the comments section. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. And that would keep. He finished tied with Scottie Scheffler at the U.S. Open behind Matt Fitzpatrick at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Will Zalatoris' fiancee asked him one of the biggest deal-breaker ET in the final group with Mito Pereira. Tyler Lauletta. Already a force in the majors, Zalatoris got that first win out of the way with clutch putts and smart decisions to beat Sepp Straka and capture the first FedEx Cup playoff event. ATLANTA -- Will Zalatoris, who picked up his first PGA Tour victory two weeks ago, has withdrawn from the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club because of two herniated disks in his back. Now having finally collected a Tour win, Zalatoris will enter the top 10 in the world for the first time, further solidifying him as one of golfs rising stars. [5] He left school after his junior year to turn professional. It took three playoff holes to get the answer on Sunday in the FedEx St. Jude Championship, and it was more along the lines of what they won't say. While Zalatoris isnt the biggest guy on tour hes listed by the PGA Tour at 6-foot-2, 175 lbs he said hes still largely avoided back injuries throughout his career, save one instance in July 2021. A Golf Channel article said Zalatoris was seeking to return at the Hero World Challenge. So it was actually kind of a nice fix.. "T" = Tied A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. Meanwhile, No. Will Zalatoris and Caitlin Sellers are considered among the most beautiful couples in the sports world. Zalatoris took that attitude all the way to the final group on Saturday. For the first time in 138 days, Will Zalatoris will play a PGA Tour event this week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. So thats why my speed is the same actually with the shorter driver. Straka went to the drop zone, and his wedge went into the back bunker. He tried to play through the injury but withdrew on the next hole. PGA Tour: Will Zalatoris gets married, expected to return in Hawaii Amateur Championship titled "Junior talent flourishing on national scale. He was born and raised in San Francisco, playing at Cal Club, where he hung with a much older crowd and pounded . Will and Caitlin stood on stairs decorated with green leaves and flowers, making an arc above their heads on an olive-colored wall. It was there that Zalatoris, a 24-year-old upstart that was playing in Korn Ferry Tour events just six months earlier, found himself battling it out with Hideki Matsuyama and fellow DFW product Jordan Spieth for a green jacket. Not only was he among four players who moved into the top 70, he now is at No. Fitzpatrick made his first PGA TOUR win a major, claiming the U.S. Open at the same venue where he won the U.S. Masters 2021: 5 things to know about Will Zalatoris - The Augusta Chronicle Will attended Wake Forest University where he received the Arnold Palmer Scholarship. Smith was given a two-shot penalty when rules officials realized upon review that when he took a penalty drop in the third round, the ball was still touching the red hazard line. Straka won his first PGA TOUR title earlier in the year at The Honda Classic. He was the 36-hole leader at the 2022 PGA Championship before ultimately falling short of his first major championship after losing to Justin Thomas in a three-hole playoff. Zalatoris is making his first start since withdrawing from the BMW Championship in August. Find classes that best matches your needs. He was born in San Francisco, and growing up he spent his formative golf years playing at the outstanding California Golf Club with his Dad. Will Zalatoris is looking to keep the Southern Hills major streak alive. 10 things to know about Will Zalatoris, including his first PGA tour win Weve looked at everything I was doing, to make sure I was doing all the right things and we were checking all the boxes, and it was strictly a motor pattern thing, said Zalatoris, who has opted to temporarily decrease his driver length (to approximately 44.75 inches, down from 46 inches) as he works through the setup change. [2] He attended Wake Forest University in North Carolina, and was named ACC Player of the Year in 2017. At seventh in the Presidents Cup points standings, he likely would have been among the six . [4] He was also a member of the U.S. Walker Cup team in 2017, teammates with future PGA Tour winners Collin Morikawa and Cameron Champ. 3. The newly married couple posed for the camera, standing side by side with Will Zalatoris' hands resting on his wife's waist. Aiming for his first PGA Tour win, Zalatoris might make the 2022 PGA Championship his first title. Clark finished at No. He hasnt been in a film in nearly 20 years, according to his imdb page. William Patrick Zalatoris (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional golfer. The comparisons got so mainstream that even Adam Sandler, star of Happy Gilmore, tweeted Zalatoris during the 2021 Masters and joined the fray. College career [ edit] Zalatoris was born in San Francisco, California. Mr. Gilmore is watching you and very proud., Zalatoris handled it with good humor, responding to Sandler by saying If youre ever in need of a caddie again let me know. Zalatoris entered August's BMW Championship in the advantageous No. If Will Zalatoris can quiet his putting issues, the rest of his game Will Zalatoris "That was another good step for Will," said . At the FedEx St. Jude Championships, Zalatoris entered a three-hole playoff vs. Sepp Straka that could have very well swung Strakas way had some balls bounced differently. Will Zalatoris finished second at the Masters in his first time playing Augusta National. Zalatoris had to have an emergency appendectomy. One of Zalatoris favorite stories to tell about the three is a time when he and Scheffler were 11 and they played a round with Spieth (who was 14 at the time) at Bent Tree. [7] With no status in 2019, Zalatoris relied on Monday qualifying and sponsor exemptions to play in Korn Ferry Tour events. He is set to return pretty soon. During the 2021-2022 PGA Tour season, Will continued to rise in the world of golf. He came close to winning three times in 2022, including two major championships, before finally breaking out for his first victory.
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