Will Zalatoris to miss entire 2027 PGA Tour season: Once-budding star set to undergo another back surgery

Zalatoris played in only four 2026 tournaments as injuries hampered his ability to compete at a high level Will Zalatoris will miss the entire 2027 PGA Tour season, the 30-year-old announced Wednesday. Speaking at the media day for the Austin Championship, a FedEx Cup Fall tournament, Zalatoris made it known that he will undergo spinal-fusion surgery in November to correct lingering back issues. "I've been through four years of hell, so it's good to have something that will hopefully correct it," he explained. "It's not something you want to do, but when you have three tour physical therapists tell you it needs to be done at some time, you go ahead and do it." Zalatoris will play in the Austin Championship, scheduled for Nov.

12-15 at the Omni Barton Creek Resort, in what will be his first competitive start since the Texas Open in early April. He has played only four tournaments on the PGA Tour in 2026 after dealing with a torn labrum for much of the year. However, Zalatoris' absence has largely been due to a nagging back issue. The scheduled procedure will be his third major back surgery since 2023, when he had a microdiscectomy. Two years later, in 2025, Zalatoris required a disc replacement. "It's all connected together, and I just want to get it fixed,"