FedEx St Jude Championship: Will Zalatoris secures first PGA Tour victory with play-off win over Sepp Straka

After near misses in majors and a string of top-10 finishes, Will Zalatoris broke his PGA Tour duck in stunning fashion with a dramatic play-off victory over Sepp Straka at the FedEx St Jude Championship. In the first of the three FedEx Cup play-offs, Zalatoris produced superb golf on Sunday — as did Straka — and held firm in extra holes for the win at TPC Southwind. Ad A first PGA Tour win was reward in itself for Zalatoris, but it propelled him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings — leapfrogging world No.

1 Scottie Scheffler who missed the cut on Friday. FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipSmith handed two-shot penalty for 'playing ball from the wrong place'5 HOURS AGO Zalatoris, who was two-over after the first 11 holes of the tournament, made his move early in the round, as birdies in his opening three holes took him to the top of the leaderboard above overnight leader JJ Spaun and Straka.

He found trouble off the tee on seven and it resulted in a bogey to surrender the lead. He got that shot back on 10 but came under pressure from Straka down the stretch. Zalatoris missed a short putt for a birdie on 14 and found a horrible lie in the rough on 15.

He could only advance it short of the green, but produced a stunning chip to save his par. As well as pieces of brilliance. Slices of luck also help.

He got one on 16 as, after leaking his tee shot into the trees on the right, he saw it hit a branch and fly back into the fairway. For added spice, it flew forwards rather than sideways or backwards. «That does not happen in real life,” came a call from the commentary box.