Caitlin Sellers met Will Zalatoris in a psychology class at Wake Forest University in 2018. She graduated from Wake Forest that year, went on to earn a Master’s in marketing from the University of Texas, and has worked as a marketing analyst in Dallas ever since. Zalatoris left Wake Forest without finishing his degree and only completed it online in 2023, at 27, while recovering from back surgery. He has publicly called her his sports psychologist. She actually studied psychology.
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Who Is Caitlin Sellers?
Caitlin Sellers is the wife of PGA Tour golfer Will Zalatoris. She was born in Dallas, Texas in July 1995, graduated from Wake Forest University in 2018, and earned a Master’s in marketing at the University of Texas the following year. She is 30 years old and works as a marketing analyst in Dallas. She and Zalatoris married in December 2022.
| Birth name | Caitlin N. Sellers |
| Date of birth | July 1995, Dallas, Texas |
| Age | 30 (as of 2026) |
| High school | The Hockaday School, Dallas |
| Undergraduate | Psychology, Wake Forest University (2018) |
| Graduate degree | MS Marketing, UT Austin McCombs (2019) |
| Career | Marketing analyst, Dallas |
| Married | December 2022 |
| @caitlin.n.sellers (private) |
From Dallas to Two Degrees
Caitlin grew up in Dallas and attended The Hockaday School, one of the most academically selective all-girls preparatory schools in the country. From there she enrolled at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, graduated with a psychology degree in 2018, and moved directly into the University of Texas McCombs School of Business for her graduate program, completing an MS in marketing in 2019.
She has worked as a marketing analyst in Dallas since then. Her employer has never been publicly named.
How They Met
Zalatoris also grew up in the Dallas area, in Plano. The two lived about ten minutes apart as children and never crossed paths until they were both at Wake Forest.
In 2018, the same year Caitlin graduated, Zalatoris left school before finishing his degree to join the Korn Ferry Tour. For roughly a year and a half after that, they were in a long-distance relationship. He was on the road competing. She was in Austin completing her Master’s. In a 2022 interview with Graham Bensinger, Zalatoris said he called her every night during that period, and they would talk for hours.
In December 2018, he posted their first photo together from San Francisco on Instagram. The caption: “This was fun… let’s do this again.”
When she graduated from UT Austin in May 2019, he posted: “Now I can say between the two of us we have two degrees. Promise I’ll be the one to get the third. Way to go on getting your Masters from UT today. So proud of you.”
He did get that degree. Years later than expected, online, during a back surgery recovery.
The Proposal
Zalatoris bought the engagement ring the Friday before the 2021 Masters Tournament. He locked it in the hotel safe at Augusta National, competed through the week, and finished runner-up in his tournament debut. Two weeks later, he drove to Austin.
He explained the timing to Graham Bensinger in September 2022:
“I laughed a lot at Augusta because I proposed two weeks after. But I had the ring. I believe I got it the Friday before Augusta and put it in the safety deposit box. And I’m like, why am I going to wait till July?”
He had called some of her friends beforehand, arranged a walk along a trail by the Colorado River, and proposed on April 26, 2021. His Instagram caption that evening: “Best day of my life. I love you.”
The Wedding
Will and Caitlin married in December 2022 in a private ceremony, a few months after his first PGA Tour win at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. The following week, at the BMW Championship, he aggravated a back injury that would follow him for the next three years.
By April 2023, it was serious enough that he withdrew from the Masters during his opening round and had a microdiscectomy that spring, missing the rest of the season. Caitlin managed his recovery at home in Dallas.
His wedding Instagram caption: “Can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. I love you.” Shortly after, she updated her name on social media from Sellers to Zalatoris.
Will and Caitlin have not publicly confirmed having children as of 2026.
At the Tournaments and Through the Injuries
She was at the TPC Colorado Championship in 2020 when Zalatoris won his first professional title on the Korn Ferry Tour, and in Memphis in August 2022 for the FedEx St. Jude win. During the long recovery from his first surgery, they traveled to Wimbledon together in July 2023. Zalatoris mentioned it in a PGA Tour Q&A that summer when asked about his rehabilitation: “(Wife) Caitlin and I have had a little fun, went to Wimbledon.” When he returned to Augusta for the 2024 Masters, she caddied for him in the par-3 contest, his first trip back to the tournament since pulling out in 2023.
He finished second at the 2024 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club in his first proper comeback event. His trainer Landan Webster had tears on his face at the end of the final round. Caitlin was nearby on her phone, already working out what the result meant for her husband’s ranking and whether it got him into the Players Championship field. Webster was still crying.
A second back surgery followed in May 2025, addressing two re-herniated discs at the Texas Back Institute in Dallas. Two months later, she attended the Netflix premiere of Happy Gilmore 2 with him, a film in which Zalatoris appeared alongside Adam Sandler. He returned to competitive golf later that year and has been playing the 2026 PGA Tour season.
What Zalatoris Has Said About Caitlin
In his September 2022 Bensinger interview, Zalatoris spoke about his wife directly and at length.
He said she reads him better than anyone in his circle. Even when he keeps his composure on the course and in press conferences, she picks up on when something is wrong. “She can instantly tell when I am not okay,” he told the interviewer.
He put it plainly on her role in his career:
“My wife is my sports psychologist and an invaluable, unpaid member of my team. She always has my back.”
He has also said he does not plan to let the tour schedule run his family life indefinitely, and that he wants to step back from competitive golf before becoming an absent father.
When he won PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 2021, he kept it short in his public post: “This wouldn’t be possible without the support of this special girl.”
Zalatoris has won once on the PGA Tour and finished runner-up at three major championships. He has had two back surgeries and is working his way back at 29. Through all of it, he has credited Caitlin as the person who kept things steady. She is 30, works in marketing in Dallas, and has a private Instagram with about 300 followers. Most people who follow his career know her name only because he keeps saying it.
