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. He entered Sunday in a logjam for second at 7 under, four shots back of Matsuyama. Whether you win or lose, its just what you practice for.. 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 Zalatoris gets married to 'best friend' Caitlin Sellers Zalatoris breakthrough at Augusta was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to strong showings at major championships. https://t.co/R1e8awZIvh. He tried to play through the injury but withdrew on the next hole. Caitlin and Will got married in an intimate ceremony earlier this week. 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. Fifty-four holes, no cut, that's an easy life" -- Padraig Harrington. Will Zalatoris spent his weekend on the greens, but not the one he's used to. Zalatoris may be an only child, but he still has a big brother. Thats the title he has reserved for former Cowboys QB Tony Romo. 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.. He teed off at 2:50 p.m. Stars are everywhere on the leaderboard heading into the weekend at Bay Hill. Will Zalatoris is a rising star on the PGA Tour who has three top-10 finishes in the . ATLANTA -- Will Zalatoris, who picked up his first PGA Tour victory two weeks ago, has withdrawn from the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club because of two herniated disks in his back. Find classes that best matches your needs. They examined the pressures of his swing, concluding a motor pattern was the root cause of the strain on his back. ET in the final group with Mito Pereira. Will Zalatoris - GOLF News, Rumors, & Updates | FOX Sports He had attended every Nelson since he was 9 years old. He finished tied with Scottie Scheffler at the U.S. Open behind Matt Fitzpatrick at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Will Zalatoris | Golfer | Titleist Newlywed Will Zalatoris returns from back injury at Sentry Will Zalatoris, the 25-year-old golfer out of Dallas has finally grabbed his first PGA Tour victory, winning a three-hole playoff vs. Sepp Straka at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. But during the third round at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, Zalatoris suffered a back injury on the third hole. "Playing the cutline is one of the toughest things in golf. 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. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. Among his eight top-10s are three runners-up, including at two majorsthe PGA Championship and U.S . 7 World Ranking. "T" = Tied 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. He has suffered two herniated discs and has been away from the game. Back in 2015, he finished T4 at the Pacific Coast Amateur shortly after returning from an emergency appendectomy. It figures Zalatoris struggled to reflect on his numerous close calls over the past three seasons. Masters 2021: 5 things to know about Will Zalatoris - The Augusta Chronicle 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. Zalatoris finds himself competing with other DFW stars like Spieth and Scheffler on a regular basis now that theyre all PGA Tour stars. He hasnt been in a film in nearly 20 years, according to his imdb page. [11] He followed it up with a T8 at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, and secured Special Temporary Member status after the Bermuda Championship in early November. After getting initial golf instruction from former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi as a 6 year old in San Francisco, most of Zalatoris learning and development came in Texas after he moved to Texas as a pre-teen. PGA TOUR players on Scottie Schefflers breakout season. The two played golf nearly every day during the pandemic at Bent Tree or Carrolltons Maridoe Golf Club, formerly Columbian Country Club. December 1, I think, was the first day I was cleared for full activity, and really just have been doing as much as I can since then not being able to have a club in my hand for a couple months, I dont think Ive done that probably since I was 8 or 9. Special moment for @WillZalatoris.pic.twitter.com/4ks8CzchhY. Representing Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, Zalatoris won the U.S. Zalatoris wanted to make swing changes to prevent an injury like this one from happening again. Will Zalatoris scheduled to return at Sentry - pgatour.com The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. Scott Bell, Breaking News Editor. 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 was four shots off the lead at Wilmington (Del.) It made us all really sharp. He secured membership for the remainder of the season on July 7 after a tie for third at the LECOM Health Challenge, and finished the regular season 60th in points, earning full status for the 2020 season.[8]. Amateur Championship titled "Junior talent flourishing on national scale. He came shot consistently all weekend, shooting a 69 in each round Thursday- Saturday. His tee shot hit the bank and then bounced seven times on the rocks before coming to rest. He was captain of his high school golf team and still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Be the first one to comment on this story. 3. Zalatoris will collect $500,000 for 30th, or last place . Zalatoris was voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 202021 season. This week is a limited-field tournanment with only last years winners and Tour Championship qualifiers. He is on a lifelong quest to break 80 on a course that exceeds 6,000 yards and to see the Buffalo Bills win a Super Bowl. Lucas Glover came away with a consolation prize. The first event of 2023 also could be Will Zalatoris' first start since August. [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. During the hiatus, Zalatoris spent time with Greg Rose, a Doctor of Chiropractic at the Titleist Performance Institute, conducting an assessment with the goal of promoting career longevity. However, the Sentry Tournament of Champions recently announced that Zalatoris is expected in the field for the event in early January. Not really. Its hard when youre the No. The fix: adjusting his setup, with the goal of reducing the strain on his back. A closer look: For a while, Zalatoris was known as the golfer with the most money and the best ranking who had never won a PGA Tour event. Scott is the Breaking News Editor for the Dallas Morning News. British Open champion Cameron Smith could have replaced Scheffler by winning and arrived at the TPC Southwind two shots out of the lead. Zalatoris ultimately fell one shot short of Matsuyama and finished in solo second place, good for a payday of $1,242,000. I mean, weve looked at everything that I was doing to make sure I was doing the right things and we were checking all the boxes and it was just strictly a motor pattern thing, which is kind of a good thing and a bad thing, because when I was hitting the ball the way that I was, its hard to want to change anything, but at the same time, I actually saw some benefits.. [5] He left school after his junior year to turn professional. Will Zalatoris has withdrawn from the TOUR Championship with two herniated discs in his back. Will Zalatoris' Girlfriend & Family: 5 Fast Facts | Heavy.com Instead, it looks like the Sentry Tournament of Champions could be the site of his return. A month before his Masters breakthrough in 2021, Zalatoris was surprised by Romo with a congratulatory message for qualifying for The PLAYERS Championship. Masters 2021: Now in full bloom, Will Zalatoris nearly cooks up victory 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. Claims victory in first FedExCup Playoffs event before advancing to BMW Championship, Will Zalatoris new driver before Genesis Scottish Open, For all other business inquiries please contact Allen Hobbs: ahobbs@playersgroupmanagement.com, Our Address: Players Group Management Fan Mail - Will Zalatoris1800 Alexander Bell DriveSuite 200 Reston, VA 20191. Prior to moving to Dallas, he worked at the Detroit Free Press. Like Spieth and Scheffler, Zalatoris received the opportunity to play in the AT&T Byron Nelson as a teenager through a sponsors exemption. Im more efficient in my golf swing, he said. In a picture shared on his Instagram page, Will Zalatoris was dressed in blue formals with a matching bow tie while his gorgeous wife Caitlin was in the limelight in her elegant white wedding gown. Will Zalatoris on LIV Golf, Tiger Woods struggles after college, more They are unarguably made for each other. The two have been together for more than four years now after meeting at Wake Forest college in late 2018. Critics say new PGA Tour events copy LIV. Will Zalatoris has withdrawn from the 2022 BMW Championship in the third round after suffering a back injury, the PGA Tour announced on Saturday. 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. Ive learned a lot about my body, probably more than I think I ever wanted to, Zalatoris said Tuesday afternoon in Hawaii. Ill be better this time. 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. Will Zalatoris' Masters run not a surprise to Tony Romo - New York Post Find more golf coverage from The Dallas Morning News here. [12], In October 2021, Zalatoris shot his career low round (61) on the PGA Tour at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. 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 WDs from British Open after feeling 'tingling' in his leg during first round. September 14, 2022 4:18 pm ET Will Zalatoris had quite the year. 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. As Dr. Rose said, duh, no wonder I had a back issue, Zalatoris quipped. Glover closed with a 66 and wound up in a tie for third. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020. Shortly after his second-place finish at Augusta, Zalatoris proposed to his long-time girlfriend Caitlin Sellers. He was born and raised in San Francisco, playing at Cal Club, where he hung with a much older crowd and pounded . 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. After years of dating, the couple finally tied the knot and shared the good news with Will's 256K Instagram followers. 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. Will Zalatoris is set to make his first TOUR start since the BMW Championship last August. Smith declined interview requests. Zalatoris took a while to collect his first PGA Tour win, but his rookie year was one for the ages. He birdied the first hole, made only one other birdie, shot 70 and tied for 13th. Impact Zalatoris played in his first tournament since tweaking his back at the BMW Championship in August. [9] The win moved him to the leader on the Korn Ferry Tour points list and qualified him for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. After attending Wake Forest for her undergraduate degree, Sellers went to the University of Texas to complete her Masters degree. Will Zalatoris spent his weekend on the greens, but not the one he's used to. Will Zalatoris watches his putt on the 9th. 1 spot in the FedEx Cup, assuring him a reasonable shot at the $18 million prize in two weeks. The Tour Championship field at East Lake will fall to 29 and the starting strokes for other players in the field will not be affected. Zalatoris, 26, hasnt teed it up since withdrawing during the third round of the BMW Championship in August with what turned out to be two herniated discs in his back. That included events like the 2009 U.S.