Who Are Richard and Catherine Zalatoris? Meet Will Zalatoris Parents: Family Details
The professional golfer’s parents choose to keep their details private. We do, however, have some anecdotes about them. Will’s father, Richard Zalatoris, worked in retail for over 35 years and was a pilot like his grandparents and uncles. In addition, he enjoyed golf and taught it to his son. Richard has played at Augusta Nationals and the California Golf Club. He brought Will to training when he was just seven years old and taught him the foundations of golf.
Unlike other trainer fathers, he never forced Will to adopt a certain playing style. Rather, he did not attend his son’s golf lessons and instead allowed him to grow on his own. “I never felt that overbearing presence that so many kids might feel,” Will told me. Catherine, Will’s mother, was an athlete in her day, much like her son. She raced 400 and 800-meter sprints in Oregon. As a result, she acquired a competitive attitude, which she passed on to her kid. She also brought her son to the gym as a child so he could compete against other youngsters. Even though she does not play golf, she is a resident of Bend, Oregon, a Pacific Northwest golf hotspot. “She always told me: don’t force anything early,” Will recalled of his mother.
