OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – The worst break Will Zalatoris got this summer had nothing to do with a bad bounce, draw or shot.
No, it started when the Wake Forest sophomore experienced severe pain in his abdomen on Monday of Byron Nelson week, in late May.
The ensuing surgery for an emergency appendectomy required a four-to-six week recovery. That knocked him out of not just his second PGA Tour event, but also the U.S. Open sectional qualifier, the Texas State Open, British Amateur, Web.com Tour event and a handful of other amateur tournaments – all important bullet points on his Walker Cup résumé.