Will Zalatoris

Zalatoris has placed top eight or better in four of the last five major tournaments he's finished. He also was the runner up at the 2021 Masters and lost the ...

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T1. Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. While Zalatoris lost in a ...

It will be interesting to see if anyone can join him as Matt Fitzpatrick and Jon Rahm are now at 3 under, while Keegan Bradley is in the clubhouse at 2 under. At 2 under, he is only two strokes behind Zalatoris who could be in some trouble on No. 18. With three birdies in his last four holes, Matt Fitzpatrick has reached 5 under and now finds himself in the solo lead. Overnight leader Collin Morikawa is 6 over on the day and now five strokes off the pace. T17. Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa and five others (+2): Morikawa tried to warn us that his game was not in the finest shape, and when The Country Club showed its teeth, that reality finally surfaced. The defending champion is back on top as he has scratched and clawed his way into red figures for the day. Reminiscent of Webb Simpson's third round at the PGA Championship, his 2-under 68 was the best round for the majority of the day until Zalatoris came in with a 67. Seven strokes off the pace, it is the exact deficit he overcame en route to his 2022 PGA Championship victory. 3. Jon Rahm (-3): It was quite a rollercoaster Saturday for the typically steady Rahm. Making bogey on the easy par-5 eighth, the Spaniard turned in 1 over and slipped up once again on the par-4 13th. T1. Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick (-4): These two experienced heartbreak at the PGA Championship albeit in different fashions. T11. Denny McCarthy, Gary Woodland, Aaron Wise and three others (+1): McCarthy began the day in a tie for 56th after making the cut on the number. The Country Club bit back Saturday as golfers were faced with a much sterner examination during the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. Pars felt like birdies, bogeys felt like pars, and birdies felt like highway robbery.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick emerged atop the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Saturday during a brutal round in which eight players had at least a ...

A former PGA champion, he called it "probably the highlight of my whole entire life." Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. This Saturday at Brookline was so wild that Rahm was the last of eight players who had at least a share of the lead at some point. If anything, he said it was getting dark and he didn't notice his ball sitting down in the sand. That's all I was trying to do. He made one birdie in his round of 73. "I have 18 holes, and I'm only one shot back," he said. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. He was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. That's what knocked defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole.

It was a tough day at The Country Club for many golfers during Round 3 of the U.S. Open. That wasn't the case for Will Zalatoris, though.

It seems the difficult times may continue Sunday. Temperatures are expected be in the low 60s for Round 4, and wind gusts are still expected to exceed 20 mph. Don't expect scores to reach the levels of Rounds 1 and 2. Collin Morikawa, Joel Dahmen and Rory McIlroy were at or near the top of the leaderboard after 36 holes, but on Saturday, they toiled. It also was his lowest score in the third round of a major tournament. So Zalatoris' 67 did more than just put him in the mix. Many golfers who impressed Thursday and Friday couldn't quite hit their groove in Round 3.

You couldn't draw up a better final-round for a major than the one that's in store Sunday for the climax of the 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club.

“It was one of the toughest days on a golf course I’ve had in a long time,’’ McIlroy, who shot 73 on Saturday, said. I’ve put myself in this situation a few times in my career, and obviously have to go out and get it tomorrow. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. “There’s a difference in thinking it and then actually being in the situation and believing it. That’s why I think people think, ‘Oh, it’s a piece of cake; it’s like a regular Tour event.’ But it’s not. “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others, yeah,’’ Fitzpatrick said of his U.S. Amateur win. I think, myself included, and people on the outside maybe think it’s easier than it is. McIlroy is tied with Sam Burns and 36-hole co-leader Joel Dahmen at 1-under, a mere three shots out of the lead. To come back here and play so well again, it kind of just gives me growing confidence round by round.’’ He then went stunningly south, however, with a double bogey on No. 11, the tiny par-3 on which players hit wedges. He shares the lead with Will Zalatoris, the best young player in the sport, though he is still seeking his first career victory. Scheffler seemed ready to run and hide in the middle of his round, after he got to 6-under and a two-shot lead when he made the turn.

Will Zalatoris hasn't claimed any PGA Tour victories to date, despite 15 top-10 finishes, but he has a shot to win the U.S. Open on Sunday.

“When I played during the Am in 2013, I said this was the hardest golf course that I had ever played. Zalatoris, a former Wake Forest star, will need all of that talent in the final round to tame The Country Club course. Can Zalatoris overcome their challenges while also finding a way to defeat Fitzpatrick, who won the 2013 U.S. Amateur that Zalatoris also played in on this course? I’ve put myself in this situation a few times in my career, and obviously have to go out and get it tomorrow. BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris is built like a flag stick, and that is the most conspicuous thing about him. At 25, he has already proven to be a fearless player when confronted by major championship pressure, and it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through and does something his good friend, former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, never did:

Tied for the tournament lead entering Sunday, Will Zalatoris will get another shot at his first major win after surviving a perilous third round.

Dustin Johnson shot a one-over par 71 on Saturday and is two-over par for the tournament. Reed shot 75 and is six-over for the tournament. DeChambeau shot 76 on Saturday and is now eight-over for the competition. Richard Bland shot a 72 Saturday and is four-over for the championship. With about two hours left in the third round, it appeared that Scheffler, ranked No. 1, was going to take a commanding lead into the final round. He had a more difficult lie and had to settle for bogey. But Scheffler’s tee shot on the short, downhill par-3 11th hole flew over the green into a hazard. Though 224 yards away from the hole, he had enough of an opening to lace a precise long iron into the famed, mammoth bunker that protects the 18th green. Zalatoris was one of the few who rarely struggled Saturday, with four birdies and only one bogey. The combination of mistakes brought a messy end to Rahm’s round: a double bogey that dropped him into third place. Jon Rahm, the defending U.S. Open champion, squandered a late lead in the round to fall one stroke behind Zalatoris and Fitzpatrick. That moved him to five-under par for the championship.

BROOKLINE, Mass. — There's a fine line between reality and one's own perceived position. That's especially true in golf, where one bad hole can sink an ...

Fitzpatrick is not a major-winner yet, though he did win the U.S. Amateur in 2013 at The Country Club. And even though Zalatoris took the conditions’ best punch (”That was brutal,” he said to open his post-round press conference), the 25-year-old bested them better than any. Just keep getting the ball just around the hole.” Zalatoris got that at last month’s PGA Championship, where he led the tournament in the final round and pulled himself into a playoff with eventual winner Justin Thomas. Battling with, and even out-playing, the best-of-the-best on the PGA Tour. So even though he’d finished within the top 10 at four previous major championships, it was then, the Dallas resident said, that he realized he belonged in that position.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick are the co-54 hole leaders at the U.S. Open. Both are searching for their first major championship at the Country Club ...

Rahm is trying to win his second major championship, becoming the first golfer since Brooks Koepka to win back-to-back U.S. Opens. He won the U.S. Amateur at the Country Club, the site of this year's U.S. Open, back in 2013. Zalatoris shot the round of the day with a three-under 67.

Zalatoris, who lost in a three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship last month, made only one bogey — a staggering feat on a beast of a Brookline course — for a ...

A former PGA Championship winner, he called it “probably the highlight of my whole entire life.” He was at 6 under and cruising until his wedge to a back pin on the 141-yard 11th hole bounced hard over the green and into deep rough. Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. Fitzpatrick, already a champion at The Country Club with his U.S. Amateur title in 2013, was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. He made one birdie in his round of 73. He took two to the green and two puts later was no longer leading. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. Rahm wasn't upset with his swing on the final hole. That's what knocked defending champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. “Felt like I shot a 61,” Zalatoris said.

The goal was rooted at age 6, when a young Zalatoris noticed Ken Venturi's 1964 U.S. Open trophy on display at the California Golf Club of San Francisco, one of ...

“There’s a difference in thinking it and then actually being in the situation and believing it. Now he takes aim at his first TOUR title, his first major title, against a backdrop that appears well suited for his skill set. “I’ve had a few long waits so far in my career,” Zalatoris said. Zalatoris previously said that he felt “imposter syndrome” in his PGA Championship playoff against Thomas. As he finds this stage time and again, his confidence grows. “Coming off the PGA (Championship), it gave me a lot of belief and confidence that I belong in this situation,” Zalatoris said. He's now a first-year TOUR member, but his game indicates a confidence and maturity beyond his years. He entered this week’s U.S. Open at The Country Club with five top-10 finishes in eight career major starts, including a runner-up at the 2021 Masters and a playoff loss to Justin Thomas at last month’s PGA Championship. He made eight pars on the back nine, adding a birdie at the 503-yard, par-4 15th after a short iron to 5 feet. He made birdie on holes 2, 4 and 9, offset by just one bogey at the short par-4 seventh. He’s No. 14 on the Official World Golf Ranking, also the highest ranked without a TOUR title. Zalatoris, known as one of the game’s premier ball strikers, clearly thrives on the demanding setups presented by major championships. On a demanding Saturday afternoon outside Boston, Zalatoris carded 3-under 67, the day’s low round.

By Keith Stewart, PGA. Published on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Will Zalatoris of the United States plays his shot from the 18th tee during the third round of ...

Will Zalatoris was not among the leaders heading into Moving Day at The Country Club, but a round of 67 now has him tied for the lead.

He saved par from the front bunker to close out his round, and then retreated into the clubhouse to sign his card But still, he knew the task at hand. Zalatoris added one last birdie — at No. 15 — to close out his round, and he escaped a beastly Country Club setup with just one dropped shot on the day. As he made the turn at The Country Club, the weather made a turn, too. He hit the green. He hit the fairway. He birdied the difficult par-3 2nd and then poured in another at the 4th. With the other contenders just arriving to the property, Zalatoris started making his move. He had eyes on the flagstick some 200 yards in the distance, but he needed a little more room to work. Moments later, his ball whizzed down the hallway of fans and elevated into the sky. And when he stepped to the 18th tee, his name alone adorned the top spot. When Zalatoris arrived on scene, a mass of fans crowded around his Titleist sitting on the dead patch of grass.

Zalatoris views the historic course in Brookline, Mass., as the hardest he's ever played. "Literally when people ask me what's the toughest golf course you've ...

Learn more at golfpass.com/military Literally every single shot you're trying to, obviously -- off the tee it's just so crucial out here to just hit as many fairways as you can." It's the 'easiest shot' on the golf course."

By all accounts, the USGA has nailed the course setup all week. The result is a phenomenal leaderboard entering Sunday. Will Zalatoris (67) and Matt Fitzpatrick ...

He's a rising senior at the University of Texas and led his Texas Longhorns to a national championship in 2022, hitting the title-clinching putt just a couple weeks ago. Grayson Murray has had a good week at Brookline, but just made a triple bogey ... and then unleashed the fury on this putter toss: Though Vick has sought rulings from rules officials four times according to the TV broadcast, he's currently even par on his round, which is four better than Koepka ... who has two double bogeys and a bogey through five holes. That said, this is a U.S. Open Sunday, and while many of the names near the lead are proven winners, The Country Club may have something to say about Leonard's prediction. And, the USGA is likely counting on going extra time this evening; there has been a playoff in each of the three previous U.S. Opens at The Country Club. Remember that one back in 1913? Instead, it plugged in the face and his violent lash sent the ball a couple of feet out of the bunker before it caught the slope and rolled 20 yards back down the fairway. For the fifth consecutive year, a two-hole aggregate playoff will be used in the event of a tie—as opposed to the former 18-hole Monday playoff. 2:00 p.m.: Yesterday, Denny McCarthy started his third round sitting T-55. A Saturday 68 (tied for the second-lowest round of the day) vaulted the 29-year-old up the board and today he tees off tied for 11th, just five shots back. The divot is a minor speedbump for Scheffler. He sticks his approach tight and sinks the birdie putt. 2:53 p.m.: Our final pairing is off and Matt Fitzpatrick puts one close on the first green, leaving himself a very makeable birdie putt to take a solo lead. 3:12 p.m.: Will Zalatoris is facing some early adversity: he three-putted the par-3 2nd and just drove it in some gnarly fescue on the 3rd. Still, he’s at 2-under and just two back of the lead.

Will Zalatoris has failed to win multiple times, but he keeps getting closer and closer. On Sunday, he gets another 18 holes to try and finally give himself ...

Should he hold on and finally win his first major Sunday, you can bet Zalatoris will be keeping that ball for himself. "Obviously have to go out and get it tomorrow." The boy smiled as Zalatoris walked by and tossed it to him on his way to making his score official. Just keep getting the ball just around the hole." The margins, at this level, are so slim that any one tweak, swing or decision can change the course of a player's round, tournament, career. And this week, he has set himself up well to hang tough on a course he calls the toughest he's ever played. On Sunday, he gets another 18 holes to try and finally give himself more than just a learning experience. In the past, Zalatoris has struggled with his putter. Being that close this time, boosted his confidence and made him feel like he could be, as he put it, "one of the world-class players and one of the best in the world." "And I think it just makes the round a little bit more stress-free. Within the defeat, Zalatoris found something: belief. A little bit like Tiger, Zalatoris's game seems to rise to the challenge as conditions and courses get tough.

A major championship has eluded Will Zalatoris so far in his professional golf career, but he could change that on Sunday afternoon.

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BROOKLINE, Mass. — When you're leading a major championship after 54 holes, even as a well-known player like Will Zalatoris, you get asked about your ...

Got a lot of great memories from Cal Club." Oberholser, now a Golf Channel analyst, did pick up one PGA Tour win, and it came at Pebble Beach in 2006. Unfortunately for Oberholser, that's where the career comparisons between the two ended. "This is a pretty South San Francisco day, for sure," Zalatoris said following his round Saturday night. "Hitting 8-irons from 145 yards when for me I hit them about 175. "How did growing up in [insert location] prepare you for this moment?"

Will Zalatoris is a 25-year-old professional golfer, a maestro in playing at the major tournaments. Although he is not a member of the PGA Tour yet, ...

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Zalatoris has come close to winning a couple of majors early in his career, but he's come up short, usually due to inability to make putts.

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BROOKLINE, Mass. -- Eight players spent time atop the leaderboard, all of them getting kicked around -- some worse than others -- on a U.S. Open course that ...

A former PGA champion, he called it "probably the highlight of my whole entire life." Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. This Saturday at Brookline was so wild that Rahm was the last of eight players who had at least a share of the lead at some point. If anything, he said it was getting dark and he didn't notice his ball sitting down in the sand. That's all I was trying to do. He made one birdie in his round of 73. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. That's what knocked defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. "I have 18 holes, and I'm only 1 shot back," Rahm said. He was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his final five holes for a 68.

It's striking that Zalatoris hasn't won a tournament since the 2020 TPC Colorado Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour, the second tier of men's golf. Yet already ...

His ninth major brought his third final pairing already, with caddie Ryan Goble on the first tee mentioning how both felt far more nervous at the 2021 Masters. Now this rarefied terrain actually feels normal, and Zalatoris said, “I just felt comfortable all day.” I just have to keep waiting my turn.” “When it was two feet out,” said Scheffler, the fellow Texan and top-ranked player who had finished his round and tied Zalatoris for second place, “I was like, ‘Oh, yeah, that one’s in’ — and for some reason it went off to the left. “Will is a really talented player,” Scheffler said. It’s striking that Zalatoris hasn’t won a tournament since the 2020 TPC Colorado Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour, the second tier of men’s golf. You’ve got to get the breaks.”

BROOKLINE, Mass. – The emotion was palpable, the sting more severe. His runner-up finish at last month's PGA Championship instilled confidence.

It was only last year that he was named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year after starting the year without any status. All the while, he maintains a keen understanding of golf’s complex nature and a willingness to embrace it. But Zalatoris moved up to eighth in the FedExCup, 12th in the world ranking and bolstered his Presidents Cup candidacy. I think that’s a big reason why he’s had a consistent rise the last three, three-and-a-half years.” He thrives on golf’s most difficult setups and embraces the stage. He tapped in for a 5-under total and a share of second with longtime friend Scottie Scheffler, who’d nabbed his first major earlier this year at the Masters. He’s been a fixture on major leaderboards in the last two years, making it easy to forget from where he has come. His first runner-up came in the 2021 Masters. He was grateful for the opportunity after playing his way off of the Korn Ferry Tour and into the top 50 in the world. He stated that he would be prepared for the next opportunity. This was the third runner-up finish of the season for Zalatoris, the highest-ranked player in both the FedExCup and world ranking without a PGA TOUR win. I thought I played great all week, especially getting off to the start that I did today (2 over through three). “It stings, obviously … to have three runners-up so far in my career in majors.

In the Englishman's wake were the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy and Will Zalatoris. What separates the U.S. Open ...

When it was 2 feet out, I was like, oh, yeah, that one's in, and for some reason it went off to the left. Defeat is difficult and the process isn’t for everyone, but even after another runner-up showing, another opportunity lost, the destination was still clear. His normally machine-like ball-striking let him down when he needed it the most, and he finished the championship near the bottom of the field in strokes gained: off the tee (55th). His putting, by contrast, was solid and his performance should at least begin to dispel the notion that his short game is holding him back. There was his 17-footer for birdie on No. 9 to move to within a stroke of the lead, which bounced between Fitzpatrick and Scheffler for much of the afternoon. It just so happens the last two majors he's been up against great champions in Fitzy and Justin Thomas [at the PGA Championship],” said Scheffler, who tied for second with Zalatoris. “I was watching the putt on 18. A Masters rookie hasn’t won at Augusta National in more than four decades and it’s probably tough to convince yourself that you’re the exception. “I was pretty sporadic off the tee here and there. Golf is littered with players who were never able to turn close into a coronation and, fairly or not, many of the snake-bitten were relegated to careers that felt underachieved. For most 25-year-olds it would be a resume worth celebrating, but late Sunday on the south end of Boston, Zalatoris wasn’t interested in a celebration. There was an appreciation for what he’d done well, not a crushing desire to lament what had gone wrong. For Willy Z, last year’s near-miss at Augusta National was his first time in contention at a major. Zalatoris, a rail-thin ringer for Owen Wilson who crashed the PGA Tour party during the lonely pandemic days and has become a perennial contender, was playing for his first big-league triumph, be it major or otherwise.

Will Zalatoris missed a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the U.S. Open that would have put him in a playoff with eventual winner Matt Fitzpatrick.

On the par-3 16th, Zalatoris made a birdie to sit 1 back. On the 15th, he missed the fairway again. On the 12th hole, he missed the fairway and had to punch out, which led to a 2-putt for bogey. The 2021 Masters runner-up's usual problems have come with his putter, but as he said with a smile on Sunday, his putting was just fine. "With about six feet to go, I thought I had it," Zalatoris said of his putt. After missing a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff with winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris couldn't help but sigh as he was given the silver medal for runner-up at the U.S. Open on Sunday. He spoke to the media while screens showed Fitzpatrick hoisting the trophy, and then Zalatoris walked off with a forced smile.

U.S. Open 2022: After another major runner-up, Zalatoris playfully jabbed the trolls who will be in his Instagram comments this week.

He kept it lighthearted, managing to take a shot at his social-media haters in the process. Will Zalatoris, who is 25 years old and thus, terminally on his phone, is like Durant in that respect. BROOKLINE, Mass. — The comment section of a professional golfer's Instagram account is not a place any real-live human should frequent, especially the golfer his or herself.