Will Zalatoris

Will Zalatoris (born August 16, 1996) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2020 TPC Colorado Championship.

Will Zalatoris
Personal information
Born (1996-08-16) August 16, 1996
San Francisco, California
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Nationality United States
ResidencePlano, Texas
Career
CollegeWake Forest
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins1
Highest ranking53 (January 31, 2021)[1]
(as of January 31, 2021)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT6: 2020
The Open ChampionshipDNP

College career

Zalatoris won the U.S. Junior Amateur title in 2014.[2] He attended Wake Forest and was named ACC Player of the Year in 2017.[3] He was also a member of the U.S. Walker Cup team in 2017, where he was teammates with future PGA Tour winners Collin Morikawa and Cameron Champ.[4] He left school before his senior year to turn professional.[5]

Professional career

Zalatoris turned professional in 2018 but failed to make it past First Stage of the Korn Ferry Tour Q School.[6] With no status in 2019, Zalatoris relied on Monday qualifying and sponsor exemptions to play in Korn Ferry Tour events. 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.[7]

Zalatoris' first professional victory came in July 2020 when he won the TPC Colorado Championship by one stroke.[8] The win moved him to first place on the Korn Ferry Tour points list and qualified him for the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. At the U.S. Open, he made a hole-in-one on the par-3 7th hole during the first round,[9] and went on to finish in a tie for sixth place, at five-over par, alongside world number one Dustin Johnson; it was his first top-10 finish in a major championship.[10] He followed it up with a T8 at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. He secured Special Temporary Member status after the 2020 Bermuda Championship.

Amateur wins

Source:[11]

Professional wins (1)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jul 4, 2020 TPC Colorado Championship −15 (67-67-70-69=273) 1 stroke Chase Johnson

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament 201820192020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT T6
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Week 5 2021 Ending 31 Jan 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. Wildhack, Sean (April 3, 2020). "Zalatoris, Riley progress from U.S. Junior finalists to roommates". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  3. "Will Zalatoris Named ACC Player of the Year". godeacs.com. May 11, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  4. "Meet the USA Walker Cup team". USGA. August 21, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  5. Dell, John (July 1, 2020). "Will Zalatoris, a former Wake Forest star, hitting his stride on the Korn Ferry Tour". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  6. "First Stage – The Woodlands, TX". BlueGolf. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  7. "Will Zalatoris Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  8. Romine, Brentley (July 4, 2020). "Will Zalatoris wrote his caddie a check for the winner's share, then went and won". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  9. Kelly, Todd (September 17, 2020). "U.S. Open: Will Zalatoris makes hole-in-one, almost does it again later in round". USA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  10. Gray, Will (September 21, 2020). "Will Zalatoris surpasses KFT season earnings with U.S. Open T-6". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  11. "Will Zalatoris". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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