McKINNEY, Texas — When Will Zalatoris was wrapping up his second Texas high school golf championship in the spring of 2013, a fresh-faced Jordan Spieth — who also hails from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – had just been given Special Temporary Member status on the PGA Tour as a reward for top-7 finishes in Puerto Rico and at the Tampa Bay Championship.
Just a month later, another Dallas golfer — Scottie Scheffler — won the 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
Fast forward to a year later, and Zalatoris captured the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the Club at Carlton Woods, a course just a few hours to the southwest near Houston.
