Will Zalatoris

PGA Tour returns to Greensboro for Wyndham Championship

August 8, 2024 By Griffin Daughtry for North State Journal

GREENSBORO – For the casual golf fan, the 2024 PGA Tour is effectively over. Following Xander Schauffele’s victory at the Open Championship last month and Scottie Scheffler’s gold medal performance in Paris on Sunday, no […]

Look Ahead — 2023 Athlete of the Year: Will Zalatoris looks for ‘major’ growth in 3rd PGA season

January 6, 2023 Cory Lavalette

The biggest backhanded compliment in golf is to be deemed “the best player to never win a major.” Right now, that dishonor probably belongs to either Xander Schauffele or Rickie Fowler, who have a combined […]

Wake Forest’s Will Zalatoris gets long-awaited 1st PGA win

August 14, 2022 The Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Will Zalatoris had the most money and the best world ranking of anyone without a PGA Tour victory. He changed that Sunday by winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship without making birdie […]

Huh takes big leap off bubble with career-best 61 at Wyndham

August 4, 2022 Cory Lavalette

GREENSBORO — John Huh wasn’t expecting the lowest round of his PGA Tour career Thursday in the Wyndham Championship, and he had no complaints about the score or the timing. Huh made seven of his […]

PGA Tour comes to Greensboro to close regular season

August 3, 2022 Shawn Krest

The world’s top golfers get one more chance to improve their position as the PGA’s regular season wraps up this week in Greensboro. The Wyndham Championship serves as the regular season finale after which the […]

Fitzpatrick comes up clutch on 18th hole, wins US Open

June 19, 2022 The Associated Press

BROOKLINE, Mass. — A playoff was looming Sunday in the U.S. Open, just like it always does at The Country Club, when Matt Fitzpatrick sized up his shot from a bunker left of the 18th […]

Zalatoris comes close to major moment in PGA playoff loss

May 25, 2022 The Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. — Will Zalatoris saw nearly every inch of Southern Hills on Sunday as one of the best ball-strikers in golf struggled to harness a series of wayward shots that threatened to take him […]

Torrey Pines hosts US Open loaded with players with NC connections

June 16, 2021 Shawn Krest

The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines gets underway Thursday, and a mix of the world’s top pro golfers and amateurs will take on golf’s most challenging week at the course just outside San Diego. Here’s […]

Mickelson opens with 64 to take 2-shot lead at Quail Hollow

May 7, 2021 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Phil Mickelson has gone nine months since he finished among the top 20, and it looks as though that streak is about to end at the Wells Fargo Championship. The 50-year-old Mickelson kept […]

Stellar field marks return of Wells Fargo Championship

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

Like most sporting events this year, the Wells Fargo Championship is back — but not quite back to normal. The prestigious PGA event, held annually at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club, was canceled last year during […]