Will Zalatoris injury woes resurface in Rocket Mortgage WD

The injury bug is again for Will Zalatoris.

The proficient PGA Tour star, who first injured his again in 2022 and has struggled to remain wholesome since, is as soon as once more bowing out early from an occasion, this time on the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Zalatoris accomplished eight holes in his third spherical Saturday, making three bogeys, a double an two birdies (one approaching his ultimate gap), earlier than he shook arms with enjoying companions Nick Dunlap and Dylan Wu and retired from the occasion. He was 4 underneath for the event on the time after opening with a 66 Thursday.

CBS’ Amanda Ballionis reported on the community’s broadcast of the third spherical that Zalatoris felt a “pop” in his hip, stressing it was Zalatoris’ “good” hip. His “bad” hip was the one close to his two herniated disks that brought about him to endure a microdiscectomy process in April 2023 after withdrawing from the Masters.

Zalatoris additionally instructed Ballionis that enjoying in his fourth occasion in as many weeks “finally caught up with him.”

“Will experienced some discomfort after a swing today and, out of utmost precaution, made the tough decision to withdraw,” Zalatoris’ supervisor Allen Hobbs stated in an announcement launched by the PGA Tour. “It’s important that he listens to his body and gets some rest. He hates to withdraw from the Rocket Mortgage Classic and looks forward to getting back out on the course soon.”

Zalatoris is in the midst of his second comeback season after enjoying simply seven occasions earlier than present process season-ending surgical procedure in 2023. He was initially harm on the 2022 BMW Championship, the week after his breakthrough win on the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

After taking day without work to rehab and make swing adjustments to alleviate strain on his again, Zalatoris got here again on the 2023 Sentry, the place he completed T11. He recorded one top-10 earlier than the April surgical procedure and didn’t return till final December’s Hero World Challenge.

The 2024 model of Zalatoris overhauled his swing once more to attempt to shake the injury danger and had appeared to achieve success to this point. He notched an emotional runner-up on the Genesis Invitational in February and top-10s at each the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Masters.

As of late, whereas he had but to withdraw from a event this season, Zalatoris’ recreation had been betraying him a bit. Since Augusta, he hasn’t completed higher than T41 and missed the lower at each the Zurich Classic group occasion and the U.S. Open.

Jack Hirsh

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