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Originally Posted by CT007
It came down to the last hole at the Rod Myers Invitational, and Will Zalatoris came through.
The star sophomore at Wake Forest birdied the 455-yard par-4 18th at The Duke Golf Club to give the Demon Deacons a one-shot victory over the host Blue Devils. No. 22 Wake Forest finished with a 2-under 862 (288-279-295) to No. 41 Duke's 1-under 863 (286-282-295). That final red score also meant the individual title for Zalatoris, the second of his college career, as his 8-under total edged out Duke's Adam Wood by a stroke.
Ship - update?
I worked with Duke's team the week before this event which made it pretty fun to follow along. I'm always pulling for Will and the Deacs, but I would have enjoyed watching Duke win as well. They set the pins up very tough for the final round and it was a tad windy. I'm pretty sure 71 was low, maybe one 70. Will has now won about 5 of his last 20 or so starts. Pretty awesome!
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Originally Posted by ntanygd760
I don't think they allow people to have caddies at the college events but I thought ship was doing some stuff with the entire team so maybe he was there. Either way it won't be long till this kid is playing in majors from the looks of it.
He switched to a Kuchar style of putting at the U.S. Am. If that keeps improving it's going to be a fun decade or two for him for sure.
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Originally Posted by marcro
He should have been in your Walker Cup team. Guessing the appendicitis made the pick difficult?
He probably could have been, but it would have been a tough pick for Spider after Will missed most of the summer. His ranking dropped to a point where he had to win the U.S. Am to get a spot. At the end of the day there just aren't enough spots since we give two to mid-ams. I believe the USGA is simply trying to groom future captains to have been former Walker Cup team members. Seems silly to field a worse team now just to have playing captains down the road.
Whatever.
I'm trying to work on my game, but with my current schedule being full of colleges to work with I'm not getting out much. I hope to change that over the next two weeks and put together some sort of game for the U.S. Mid-Am.
We will see.