🏌️♂️Will Zalatoris’ painful week ended in heavy emotions and important reminders🏌️♂️
0“Just shows you life’s short and appreciate the moments,” Zalatoris said. “How lucky I am to be out here.”
This week, at the mega-money Signature Event, Zalatoris was in the field via another invite from Woods, because the new PGA Tour does not wait for microdiscectomies. Only the top 50 players from 2023 have guaranteed their way into all of the biggest events. Zalatoris’ time on the sideline means he’ll need to continue playing well to enter Signature Events on this road back. Or continue depending on invites. His opening 66 was a welcomed sight, the best round of his post-surgery life. He blitzed the front nine in a six-birdie 29, immediately validating his exemption.
Later that night he found out he had lost a family member.
The next morning came quick. A 7:32 a.m. tee time and, a couple hours later, the ace. Afterward a reporter acknowledged that his caddie’s new car was actually worth more than the one he was getting. Might they need to swap?
“No, he can have it. Absolutely he can have it.”