William Patrick Zalatoris is an American professional golfer who was born on August 16, 1996. He has primarily competed on the PGA Tour, where he has one win, the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship. He has also finished as a runner-up in three major championships.
Zalatoris was born in the California city of San Francisco.
Zalatoris won the US Junior Amateur title in 2014 while representing Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas, a Dallas suburb. In 2017, he was named ACC Player of the Year while attending Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Zalatoris was named All-ACC and First-Team GCAA in his junior year.
All-American, First-Team Golf Week All-American, Nicklaus Award finalist, Hogan Award semifinalist, played in all 12 events and had the third-best season average in school history with a scoring average of 70.14. In 2017, he was a member of the United States Walker Cup team, alongside future PGA Tour winners Collin Morikawa and Cameron Champ. He dropped out of school after his junior year to pursue a career as a professional.
Richard Zalatoris Job: What Will Zalatoris’s father do for a living?
His grandfather served in the United States military for more than 30 years, and his father and uncles were also pilots. He expresses a desire to learn to fly. His mother competed in track and field at the University of Oregon.