At the Renaissance Club’s par-5 16th, which was playing more like a par 6 on the opening afternoon due to strong winds, Zalatoris and playing partner Matt Fitzpatrick both failed to reach the green in three shots (!!). Fitzpatrick, fresh off his US Open win, was able to chip his fourth from just short of the green to six feet. Zalatoris, the US Open runner-up, was short and right, and he played a high chip that caught the slope and began motoring towards the hole.
While it appeared to be tracking, it came in a little too hot and lipped out, rolling out to six feet and stopping on top of Fitzpatrick’s ball marker, which was a large poker chip. You can’t even make it up. Pure sorcery:
Willy Z’s ball sitting on Matt Fitzpatrick’s poker chip is one of the wildest things I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/EJhITfnYqx
— Christopher Powers (@CPowers14) July 7, 2022
This, at least for me and I’m sure many of you, is a first. Stopping dead on a poker chip and somehow staying put is something straight out of a Harry Potter movie. You’re a wizard, Willy!
“This hole hasn’t gotten any weirder,” Zalatoris could be heard saying on the broadcast.
Here’s the full clip:
What are the odds?!?@WillZalatoris' chip shot miraculously ended up right on @MattFitz94's ball marker
pic.twitter.com/OUeFmBT4xW
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 7, 2022
So rare even the caddie had to take a photo
#GenesisScottishOpen | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/uNBlm8PZYB
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) July 7, 2022
Not to go full gambling guy, but I can’t think of a bigger omen for Zalatoris than his ball stopping on the poker chip marker of the guy who just beat him by one shot in the US Open. Can you say, reversal of fortune? If you don’t bet on Zalatoris next week, that’s on you. The gambling gods work in very mysterious ways.
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