Will Zalatoris opened with a 1-over 71 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but the scorecard didn’t tell the full story.
The 14th-ranked player in the world played the final four holes of the front nine in 3 over par Thursday, and that included a birdie at the seventh. What looks like bad golf on the scorecard could perhaps be explained away as just a few bad breaks.
“I think yesterday might have been some of the worst luck I think I've had my entire professional career,” Zalatoris said after a second-round 63. “I got a stretch of three plugged balls in bunkers in four holes.