29-Year-Old Golf Star Ends ‘Nightmare’ Pain Battle as He Makes Comeback for $6 Million Event The PGA Tour star opens up about his hidden struggle. What he reveals will surprise every golf fan out ther

Playing 18 holes of golf every single day sounds like a dream for most amateurs. For Will Zalatoris , it’s been part of a grueling four-month recovery process to reclaim a career that chronic back pain nearly stole from him. The 29-year-old is finally seeing light at the end of a very dark tunnel, with his comeback set for December’s $6 million Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa.

“This is the most positive I’ve felt in three years,” Zalatoris revealed in a recent Golf.com interview. “The nightmare of three years of back pain is kind of gone now.”

His journey through this ordeal began in 2022, right when his star was burning brightest. The Wake Forest grad had just captured his maiden PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He was leading the FedExCup standings. He rank