He gained 12 yards of carry without spraying drives into the parking lot. Zalatoris was swinging a 44.5-inch stick and decided to try one just under 46. Golf Association capped driver length for pros at 46 inches starting this season. ![]() Most players have gone shorter after the U.S. He also, out of “boredom,” tinkered with the length of his driver. so he can cram in two more before a late dinner. He’s up to 172 through what he called “reversed intermittent fasting,” where he has a full meal at 6 a.m. He put 15 pounds on a 6-foot-2 skinny frame that carried, oh, about 157 pounds in previous seasons. But it is what he did with his body, equipment and mind that has made the biggest difference this week. “Zally” has always liked Torrey Pines - his first PGA start was here in 2018 - and he fashions himself as a good rough player. ![]() Last week at PGA West in La Quinta, he made seven straight birdies to shoot 61 in the second round and finished tied for sixth. He finished second at the Masters last year behind Hideki Matsuyama and has nine top 10s in just 39 career starts on the PGA Tour. Open at Winged Foot and then finished sixth after a hole-in-one in his first round and nearly another when his ball hit the flagstick. Zalatoris, 25, has been anointed golf’s next big thing after he got enough points on the Korn Ferry Tour to qualify for the 2020 U.S.
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