Will Zalatoris

2022 - 5 - 22

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Mito Pereira? Will Zalatoris? Matt Fitzpatrick? Someone Else? This ... (Sports Illustrated)

Southern Hills' weather went from summer to lousy in a day and a number of players came out of the cold, led by Mito Pereira. But who will claim the major ...

You’ve got to go out and get it, everybody’s got to go out and earn it.” “It was a tough place to be at the moment. Zalatoris is in the mix to the finish. What are the odds of Chile producing two world-class players … and possibly a PGA champion? Exhibit III: Will Zalatoris, a former Masters runner-up who seems to make a run only at major championships, is at it again despite a five-bogey day that dropped him out of the lead but left him two back. Chile has about 50 golf courses and a few thousand recreational players, yet has two players in the top 25 in this PGA. Niemann is 23rd. He and Pereira are the only players to shoot under par in all three rounds. Stewart Cink celebrated his 49th birthday and charged with a 1-over-par 71 — that’s right, a 71 was charging in this misshaped third round — into a tie for seventh … Two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson straggled home with four back-nine bogeys when bunkers kept jumping in front of his ball … Cameron Young, a former Wake Forest University star who also is relatively unknown, powered his way into the mix by driving the green at the par-4 17th hole and draining a long eagle putt to slide into fourth. He shot 69 after opening with 68-64 and is three shots up on Fitzpatrick. Exhibit 2: A former U.S. Amateur champion from England you probably don’t remember and who’s never won on the PGA Tour — Matt Fitzpatrick — finished birdie-birdie to materialize out of seemingly nowhere and vault into second place. This guy loves to mash it off the tee and play aggressively. He could have folded Saturday but after four mid-round bogeys, he birdied three of the last six and made a clutch save at the 16th.

Will Zalatoris has Mexican food, 'veg time' with caddie after taking ... (usatoday.com)

The Caddie Network's John Rathouz chats with the caddie for Will Zalatoris after a second-round 65 at the 2022 PGA Championship.

He teed off at 2:50 p.m. ET in the final group with Mito Pereira. 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. Zalatoris zoomed up the leaderboard Friday with a second-round 65 to take the solo lead at 9 under.

Will Zalatoris Is Having An Awful Third Round: Fans React (The Spun)

After entering the third round 9-under, PGA Championship leader has already given up three strokes to start Saturday's action.

The end." Good balance of both Walking fast and shoulders back. But, all of the sudden, Zalatoris finds himself tied at two behind a surging Mito Pereira.

The interesting green-reading technique used by the PGA ... (Golf.com)

Will Zalatoris is leading the PGA Championship, and a putting technique called "AimPoint." Here's what you need to know about it.

That kind of worms-eye view helps players survey the slopes and see the path their ball is going to take. Generally speaking, the AimPoint users on tour tend to be players who, historically, have struggled with their putting, and AimPoint has helped them improve. One week I could get really hot and just see the lines really well and the next week I just had no chance,” Hovland says. The method has taken hold on tour in recent years, and a large group of pros and teachers swear by its effectiveness. It started outside the right side of the hole, and drifted into the cup. As Zalatoris crouched down to read the green, his caddie, Ryan Goble stood between him and the hole, shuffled his feet, and raised his fingers.

2022 PGA: Will Zalatoris, Mito Pereira, Cameron Young; Meet golf's ... (Golf Channel)

Get to know Will Zalatoris, Mito Pereira and Cameron Young as they attempt to win their first PGA Tour event at the PGA Championship.

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Dallas' Will Zalatoris shot a 3-over 73 on Saturday at the PGA ... (The Dallas Morning News)

TULSA — Will Zalatoris will stay up a bit later than usual on Saturday night. He likes to do that the evening before late tee times so that he can sleep in.

Zalatoris stood on the right side of history Friday night after he led the field by a shot through two rounds. None had to rally in the final round as Zalatoris will have to on Sunday. He missed a 7-foot birdie putt on three, a five-foot par putt on four, a six-foot par putt on six and another six-foot birdie putt on nine. He lost his solo lead with the first-hole bogey, and dropped to second on two after Pereira carded a birdie. He steadied his play at the turn, made back-to-back short putts on 10 and 11 to build up a bit of confidence, and shot 1-under par on the back nine with a pair of birdies on 13 (thanks to a 35-foot made putt) and 17. The tournament’s 36-hole leader at -9, Zalatoris shot a 3-over 73 on Saturday and fell from first place.

PGA Championship 2022: Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick among ... (CBSSports.com)

The top six on the PGA Championship leaderboard combine for no major wins and just two PGA Tour victories.

Conversely, if there were fewer players in front of him -- and even if the lead was bigger than it five over him -- I could be talked into that as well. The problem here is that combination of how many players are in front of him and how sprawling the distance is. The putter finally let him down Saturday, but Zalatoris can certainly win this tournament from tee to green Sunday. Of everyone in the top six on the leaderboard, he's gained the most strokes on approach shots. 1. Will Zalatoris (-6): I mentioned that the final four in the pairings have just five top 10s in major championships. And as is almost always the case, there will be a moment or maybe several where the entire tournament is up in the air and nobody knows how it is possibly going to end. He'll bring the fight Sunday in a way that might surprise those who are unaware of his catalog and potential. Regardless, this is his best chance yet to win a major. Zalatoris kicked away his lead early Saturday after going out in 39 and turning a one-stroke lead into a four-stroke deficit by the sixth hole. What's even crazier than Pereira leading is the fact that the entire top six on the 54-hole leaderboard have combined to win just two PGA Tour events and zero majors in their careers. That's the question floating around Southern Hills right now, and the answer is that it's certainly within the realm of possibility. Mito is ranked 100th in the world this week.— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 22, 2022 He's also suddenly a nearly odds-on favorite to take home his first PGA Tour win in the biggest spot imaginable.