The U.S. Golf Association has announced 30 golfers who are newly qualified for the 2022 U.S. Open.
It was also staged there in 1913 and 1963. The last time it was at the Country Club was in 1988. Mito Pereira, who held the 54-hole lead by three shots at Southern Hills before faltering late and falling into a tie for third, is also now in the field. Zalatoris, who lost a playoff to Thomas on Sunday at the PGA, is now ranked 14th in the world. This will be his second U.S. Open after he made his Open debut in 2019 at Pebble Beach. Zalatoris has two runner-up finishes and five top 10s in eight starts in the majors.
After his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship, the rising star is sure his first Major victory is coming.
Like I said, hats off to JT. He's been due for a while to get another win, let alone a Major. So excited for him.” “The fact I was able to get into a playoff was huge,” added Zalatoris. “I fought like crazy all day. So I will bottle that putt on 18 for the future.” I think yesterday [Saturday] was really the day that looking back on it, I was pretty frustrated with. “I know I’m going to get one,” he said after losing the three-hole playoff to Thomas. “It’s just a matter of time. We’ve only got four a year and it's been a dream of mine to win a Major since I was a little kid.
Justin Thomas, steady and persistent as always, hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy for ...
Zalatoris has finished in the top six in four of his last five tournaments and has seven Top-10s already this year. Blistering play on Thursday and Friday allowed him to enter the weekend with the lead. And the promise that he's knocking at the door with intentions to one day knock it down and start building a legacy. Will Zalatoris lost the three-hole aggregate playoff to Thomas through no fault of his own. The other the ecstasy. One showed the agony of a weekend marathon.