Winning usually helps quiet criticism. ButWill Zalatoris' first PGA Tour win instead led to silencing supporters.
Zaratris found himself in the midst of controversy on social media last weekend when he won his championship with FedEx St. During the tournament, Scott Fawcett, a longtime golf coach who has worked with Zaratris, said he was criticizing the 26-year-old's putting. Used some insults to denounce.
The tweet, which was later deleted, caught the eye of Justin Thomas, who called Fawcett "a heartbreaking winner."
Zaratris wants Fawcett to know he's only talking about himself.
"Scott Fawcett is not a paid member of my team," Zaratris said Wednesday on Golf Channel's "Golf Today." "I personally contacted Dan Hicks and Brad Faxon to reiterate that I do not condone what he has said. Any interviews he has given are unauthorized.
" He's been trying to reach out to me but I haven't spoken to him.I appreciate him helping me through the ups and downs of junior golf but those remarks is not a reflection of my values or who I am.
Fawcett directed his anger at two announcers while Zaratris held off Sepp Straka in the playoff opening event.
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"I try to bite my tongue at the commentators...but make a fool of Dan Hicks!!!!!" Fawcett wrote. "I had a wobbly putter earlier this year. You don't know what the truth is. F–k face. Sit in the booth. (Yes, this is a joke, but there's always truth in comedy ; )”
follow-up tweets revealed that Fawcett wasn't thrilled with the station. No. 7 in the World Golf Rankings, Thomas was the most high-profile golfer to encounter the wrath.
"Hey Scott. Twitter saw your incredibly vicious and offensive tweets," he wrote Thomas. "Congratulations on your 'win'. But if you're as professional as you claim to be, show some dignity and respect. Make other coaches and golfers look bad. Nobody likes a painful winner." ."
