Will Zalatoris shares funny story about caddie Ryan Goble at Wyndham Championship
By Garrett Johnston ยท August 12, 2021
This week at his Wyndham Championship pre-tournament presser, Will Zalatoris responded animatedly to a simple question from the Caddie Network about what his veteran looper of two years, Ryan Goble, has meant to his career.
Zalatorisโ anecdotal answer spoke volumes.
After failing to birdie the gettable par-5 15th on Sunday of the 2020 TPC Colorado Championship, Zalatoris re Goble could tell he was frustrated.
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โWe get up on to 16 tee,โ Zalatoris said. โIโm pacing off the yardage. Iโm like, โIโve got 122.โ He said, โPace it off again.โ Iโm looking at him like, โYouโve got to be kidding me. Iโm trying to win a golf tournament. Youโve got a different number?โโ
Zalatoris walked off 122, again.
โI look at him and heโs smiling and I knew immediately what he was doing was actually trying to get me to slow down and just take a moment,โ Zalatoris said, โdonโt press and make a mistake when you donโt have to because the first thing if someone tells you to calm down, youโre like โWell, no, Iโm not going to calm down, you calm down.โ
โSo it was a really kind of good little mind trick that he played on me, and I ended up hitting the shot to eight feet, making birdie and we ended up winning the tournament by one (his first win).โ
A great team moment on the course, no doubt.
Like any strong duo, thereโs also some good old-fashioned ribbing between the two at times.
โItโs kind of funny because he calls me โJuniorโ because heโs 50, Iโm 24,โ Goble smiled. โWe get asked a lot if heโs my dad, which I love ribbing that into him as much as I can. Heโs been a great friend.โ
