Will Zalatoris has never played the Old Course. Well, not in real life anyway. “It was on the Tiger Woods video game and I think I shot a 48 on the easy level,” he said of a bombardment of the virtual links that will probably have worried R&A officials extending their Distance Insights Report into computer games. “I think there's a better chance of hitting 48 over nine holes than 18 next week.”
At the 150th Open Championship, Zalatoris will be taking a step into the unknown. “I’ve never played it and I’m going in with the attitude of just soaking in the history,” said the 25-year-old.
