Will Zalatoris

There will be many bogey saves at the PGA Championship, but Will Zalatoris' miraculous bogey from the cart path tops them all.

He surveyed his bogey putt for a few minutes more, then watched as it side-doored into the hole. But the TIO relief brought with it another issue: with his updated drop location, Zalatoris was now in the middle of the cart path. He chose the cart path, and after 14 minutes of intense discussion, finally lined up for his shot. He approached the scene and lowered himself to the ground, peeking underneath the canopy of leaves. Zalatoris’ 4 on the par-3 6th had a little bit of everything: an airmailed iron off the tee, an impossibly long rules discussion, a chip shot off a cart path and, eventually, a 12-foot bogey make that kept his tournament hopes alive. The situation began when Zalatoris, then eight under and tied for the tournament lead, knocked his tee shot through the green on the par-3 6th.

Thomas, also the 2017 PGA winner, was seven shots down to start Sunday and shot 67 to make the playoff after 54-hole leader Mito Pereira stumbled to 75.

After a penalty drop, his 190-yard third shot sailed left of the green, then a chip shot ran through the green and two shots later he had a crushing double-bogey 6 to miss the playoff. Thomas hit his drive in the right rough and laid up with his second shot, but wedged it close and made the putt. Zalatoris was on the green in two and two-putted for his birdie. Thomas pulled ahead by one shot for good on the second playoff hole, the drivable 302-yard par-4 17th. "I guess you have so much pressure in your body, you don't even know what you're doing. I was asked early in the week what lead is safe, I said 'no lead.' I just stayed patient and found myself in a playoff."

TULSA, Okla. – A bogey save from a cart path, an up-and-down from a penalty area and a missed 4-footer on the 70th hole. Will Zalatoris overcame all of it ...

The trio grew up together in Dallas, and each went on to win the U.S. Junior Amateur. Zalatoris has had his chances. He bogeyed the next hole, as well, and was in trouble after his tee shot on the long, par-3 eighth hole bounded into the penalty area. Then his tee shot on the sixth hole caught a gust and bounded into the bushes that line the course. Short putts are the weakness for one of the TOUR’s best ball strikers, but Zalatoris made clutch putts on the final two holes. He now has five top-10s in his last seven major appearances, including a pair of runners-up. TULSA, Okla. – A bogey save from a cart path, an up-and-down from a penalty area and a missed 4-footer on the 70th hole.

Will Zalatoris came up just short in a three-hole playoff against Justin Thomas at the PGA Championship.

For the week Zalatoris finished 10th in strokes gained/putting. That is the aberration in his nacesant career. You have to be a ballstriker, and a bad man, to go with the draw. All he lacks is the trophy to prove it. For Zalatoris to get where he wants to go, the short game is an equation that needs an answer. He entered the week 96th in SG/around-the-green and a whopping 185th in putting. The leaderboards told us he remained in the mix thanks to Pereira having his own struggles but it sure didn’t look or feel like Zalatoris was a viable threat, especially after he turned a 27-foot birdie try into a three-putt bogey at the 16th. “Those are putts that you keep in the memory bank for the future.” He now has a five top-10s in his first eight major starts, a feat not accomplished since Ernie Els. “Yeah, I love it,” Zalatoris said of the pressure inherent to major stages. But when he absolutely and unequivocally needed it, Will Zalatoris’ much-maligned putter answered and answered with vigor, converting a testy eight-footer on Southern Hills’ infamous 18th green Sunday evening to send the 25-year-old into a playoff at the PGA Championship and near the precipice of stardom. Unfortunately for Zalatoris, over the next nine holes he looked like a passenger asked to fly a plane without help from the control tower. Still, though Zalatoris left as the runner-up in his Tulsa tango with Justin Thomas, it is an experience the young Texan took in stride. Playing in the penultimate group Sunday with former Wake Forest teammate Cameron Young and starting three back of 54-hole leader Mito Pereira, Zalatoris came out looking very much like the wunderkind who took the game by storm last season, his drives and his approaches listening to his every command.

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.

TULSA, Okla. – Will Zalatoris may not have captured the Wanamaker Trophy Sunday afternoon, but he isn't feeling dejected after another runner-up finish in a ...

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Mito Pereira's all-time choke left the two Americans in a three-hole playoff for victory.

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.

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Picks for Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods, and the rest of the U.S. Open 2022 field.

Check out the 2022 U.S. Open odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2022 U.S. Open leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed eight golf majors, including this year's Masters. The model doesn't like him at these premium odds, making him a golfer to fade in your 2022 U.S. Open bets. Hovland had to withdraw from this event in 2021 due to an eye injury, but the 24-year old finished inside the top 15 in 2019 and 2020. Scottie Scheffler won the Masters in dominant fashion, while Justin Thomas made a fierce comeback and defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff at the PGA Championship. Both winners are among the top 2022 U.S. Open contenders. The latest 2022 U.S. Open odds from Caesars Sportsbook list Scheffler as the 11-1 favorite. Before making any 2022 U.S. Open picks, be sure to see the PGA Tour predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven golf model. And which long shots stun the golfing world? Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard. Scheffler has been on fire this season, producing four wins and seven top-10 finishes, highlighted by his victory at Augusta. But he's cooled a bit the last few weeks. In addition, McClure's best bets included Collin Morikawa winning outright at the 2021 Open Championship, even though he was a massive 40-1 long shot. This same model has also nailed a whopping eight majors entering the weekend. With the Masters and PGA Championship in the books, the 2022 U.S. Open, golf's third major of the year, is set to tee off at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., on June 16.