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. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. The newly married couple posed for the camera, standing side by side with Will Zalatoris' hands resting on his wife's waist. Hes also changed his setup to help fix some of his motor pattern issues that may have caused his injury. And that would keep alive a crazy stat: of the seven major championships played at Southern Hills, all were won by a player who led or co-led the tournament through 36 holes. 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. Then once I came back, it was pretty easy to keep the competitive juices flowing.. He did not participate in last weeks event, however. Zalatoris is among a notable list of first-time TOUR winners who have committed to the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which will be played Jan. 5-8 at The Plantation Course at Kapalua on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Zalatoris was born in San Francisco, California. "T" = Tied And after all of those adjustments, Zalatoris and his teams fears of making changes to a swing that has already racked up six major top-10s in three years were unwarranted. 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational: How to watch, TV schedule, streaming, tee times, Meet the new GOLF Top 100 Teachers of America, 7 interesting gear finds inside Tommy Fleetwoods golf bag | Bag Spy, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. It was quite the scene at Wilmington (Del.) He became the first player to be voted Rookie of the Year without having a card in 20 years (Charles Howell III did so in 2001). How much "louder" will LIV Golf get in its second season? But I think the big thing for me is we spent a lot of time understanding the pressures of my golf swing and understanding how I push off my right side. Will Zalatoris, the 25 year old who three second place finishes in majors but hadn't won a PGA Tour event yet in his young career, punched his way into the playoff by sinking a must-make, 10-foot. 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GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF, Back from injury, Will Zalatoris reveals swing fix that took stress off his back, What is Jim Nantzs career lowlight? Let him tell you about adult film, Its f hard: Jon Rahm comes back to Earth at brutal Bay Hill. 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. Will Zalatoris has been struggling with a back injury since August. PGA Tour: Will Zalatoris made LIV Golf look like dumbest thing ever 1 player strokes gained tee to green this past year, or at least approach, to want to go in and say, hey, you need to make some changes. And I do it later than a lot of guys, so what that does for someone with a lot of side bend is that gets my right hip high and on my spines tilted back, and so as Dr. Rose said, duh, no wonder I had a back issue.. A bad back is keeping the 26-year-old from competing in the Presidents Cup after qualifying for a spot at Quail Hollow. Will and Caitlin have been dating each other since they met in 2018 at Wake Forest College. He had a 25-foot putt for the win on the 18th on the first playoff hole and had to make a 7-footer the second time around to stay in the game. 1. And that would keep. Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020. "We're talking inches," he says. [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. [6], Zalatoris turned professional in 2018 but failed to make it past First Stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Q School. It brought me back to being a kid. After years of dating, the couple finally tied the knot and shared the good news with Will's 256K Instagram followers. The highlights of the season came when he finished 2nd at both the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open, then capped off an exceptional season with his first PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. This is the first time Zalatoris has qualified for Kapalua. Zalatoris entered Augusts BMW Championship in the advantageous No. Here are 10 things to know about Zalatoris: Most golf fans introduction to Zalatoris was during the 2021 Masters. Zalatoris will collect $500,000 for 30th, or last place . Zalatoris breakthrough at Augusta was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to strong showings at major championships. 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Zalatoris (back) pulls out of Tour Championship, A battle for No. Zalatoris wanted to make swing changes to prevent an injury like this one from happening again. WD = withdrew Junior Amateur title in 2014. Heading into the PGA Championship, Zalatoris had four top-10 finishes in his first seven career major championship appearances. That included events like the 2009 U.S. Will Zalatoris was born August 16, 1996, to his parents, Richard Zalatoris and Catherine Zalatoris. I feel really good with everything, Zalatoris said. But those battles started long before they were competing for millions on golfs grandest stage. Amateur Championship titled "Junior talent flourishing on national scale. Masters 2021: 5 things to know about Will Zalatoris - The Augusta Chronicle He was born and raised in San Francisco, playing at Cal Club, where he hung with a much older crowd and pounded . He has displayed a good feel for the golf course (particularly the greens) and opened with rounds of 70-68. "Considering all those close finishes, it means a lot.". Will attended Wake Forest University where he received the Arnold Palmer Scholarship. He got married in December but also spent much of the time rehabbing. The two met at Wake Forest, where Zalatoris played college golf for three seasons before turning pro in 2018. He didnt exactly take it easy during his time off. 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. Junior Amateur title in 2014. Will was voted the 2020-2021 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year by his peers. "Playing the cutline is one of the toughest things in golf. Will Zalatoris has been nursing a bad back since the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he found an important way to fill his schedule between starts by tying the knot. I think Ive just been so close so many times, so I think, if anything, after having the time off, its kind of hard to remind myself of all the second places.. The first event of 2023 also could be Will Zalatoris first start since August. 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. For the first time in 138 days, Will Zalatoris will play a PGA Tour event this week at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Zalatoris, 26, hasn't teed it up since withdrawing during the third. As Dr. Rose said, duh, no wonder I had a back issue, Zalatoris quipped. CUT = missed the half-way cut Straka followed with a shot that also hit the bank, took one bounce off the rocks and went into the water. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Willy Z is FINALLY a winner on the PGA Tour pic.twitter.com/p02shNTaK2. He birdied the first hole, made only one other birdie, shot 70 and tied for 13th. Will Zalatoris withdraws from Tour Championship, Presidents Cup with Aiming for his first PGA Tour win, Zalatoris might make the 2022 PGA Championship his first title. U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and Presidents Cup star Tom Kim are among the other first-time TOUR winners who are scheduled to appear at Kapalua. Will Zalatoris. TULSA, Okla. Will Zalatoris is looking to keep the Southern Hills major streak alive. Zalatoris, a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and a big Warriors fan, said his Stephen Curry-inspired retort was directed at all who have criticized his putting over the years. Will Zalatoris withdraws from BMW Championship: FedEx Cup points leader 12 Things You Didn't Know About Will Zalatoris | Golf Monthly Special moment for @WillZalatoris.pic.twitter.com/4ks8CzchhY. 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. Caitlin has changed her last name to Zalatoris on her Instagram account. Ive learned a lot about my body, probably more than I think I ever wanted to, Zalatoris said Tuesday afternoon in Hawaii. Amateur, when Zalatoris qualified as a 12 year old and competed as a 13 year old, alongside Scheffler and Spieth. But in the name of avoiding future injury, hes working through the proverbial process. Back in 2015, he finished T4 at the Pacific Coast Amateur shortly after returning from an emergency appendectomy. During Zalatoris rehab process, his routine might have looked like have a few putts and then maybe need to go grab a few beers with my boys. But hes an unabashed golf addict who will eagerly play four or five events in a row. Zalatoris told Golf Digest I was lucky. Representing Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, Zalatoris won the U.S. Zalatoris had four runners-up including three in major championships before winning in Memphis. Will picked up his first professional victory in 2020 at the TPC Colorado Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour. 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. Find classes that best matches your needs. Will Zalatoris, who had the most money and the best world ranking of anyone without a PGA Tour victory, won the FedEx St. Jude Championship without making birdie in a three-hole playoff on Sunday . He ranked top-three in both Total Driving and Greens in Regulation on the 2019 and 2020-21 Korn Ferry Tour, as well. He admittedly got bored quickly with his recovery routine. 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. The former U.S. Open champion came into the FedEx Cup playoffs at No. Pro V1x Titleist Golf Ball. Im trying to get more centered over it and work more around my right side, so more a turn as opposed to a lateral shift. Thursday afternoon in Hawaii cant come soon enough. Zalatoris just missed earning one of the six automatic spots on the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup. Zalatoris, 24, played in Saturday's final round alongside Justin Rose. They examined the pressures of his swing, concluding a motor pattern was the root cause of the strain on his back. Critics say new PGA Tour events copy LIV. Nothing was more wild than the final hole. The first event of 2023 also could be Will Zalatoris' first start since August. Id go to the course, carrying my bag, playing with my buddies, just trying to beat the crap out of each other. A feat that would soon eclipsed by his performance at Augusta a month later, but was at the time a career highlight: First PLAYERS.Surprise messages from family and friends. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup standings after capturing his first PGA Tour win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. Zalatoris' rise presents a confluence of charmed bliss and valuable struggle. He finished the season ranked #1 in SG: Approach and #1 SG: Tee-to-Green. British Open champion Cameron Smith could have replaced Scheffler by winning and arrived at the TPC Southwind two shots out of the lead. The 26-year-old has long displayed an aptitude for quickly bouncing back from injury. 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. When my right hip gets high and the spine tilts back, youre all of a sudden creating all that stress on your back. That issue was muscular, not structural like the current one, so it kind of came out of the blue, he said. https://t.co/R1e8awZIvh. Ill be better this time. [15], In June 2022, Zalatoris had another second place in a major championship. NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic. He was named the 2017 ACC Player of the Year and 2017 First-Team All-American. Kim is the first player since Tiger Woods to win twice on TOUR before turning 21. He also has three runner-up finishes in major championships . 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. 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. The Players Championship will be contested next week without its biggest draw. That offer came in 2015, when Zalatoris was 18 years old. "Add the nerves of competing for a tournament to that, especially for a playoff event, and yeah, it can get a little crazy.". 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. 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 . I did a pretty deep dive with Damon, my trainer, with Dr. [Greg] Rose, Dr. Duffy, he said of his team. For the time being, Zalatoris said hes using a 44.75-inch driver shaft, down an inch and a quarter from his former 46-inch gamer. The post included the caption, Best day of my life. He also has three runner-up finishes in major championships. Topics of discussion included how Zalatoris seems to always step it up in majors as well as what its like to play in a group behind Tiger Woods. "He is also very disappointed that he will not have the opportunity to play in next month's Presidents Cup, where he was hoping to play for Captain [Davis] Love and represent the United States," Zalatoris' agent, Allen Hobbs, said in a statement. [13], In January 2022, Zalatoris tied for the lead of the Farmers Insurance Open after 72 holes. 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.