The long road back for Will Zalatoris just got an awful lot longer.The 30-year-old has confirmed that his latest attempt to solve years of back pain is going to see him miss the whole 2027 golf season, as he undergoes spinal-fusion surgery.Will Zalatoris has been troubled back back injury for the last four yearsGettyZalatoris has already missed the whole of 2023 due to back problems and he confirmed his latest plans for the same in 2027.He is due to tee it up in November at the Austin Championship, part of the Fall Series, but that will be his last action as he seeks to solve the ongoing issue.The Austin Championship takes play in Texas, where he now lives, and it will be the former Fed-Ex St Jude Championship winner’s first competitive action since the Texas Open in April.Zalatoris finished in a tie for 67th on that occasion, the last of four events he has played this season, which started with a promising top 20 finish at the American Express.However, he has missed most of this season due to a torn labrum, but it is back problems that have put a once promising career on hold.“I’ve been through four years of hell so it’s good to have something that will hopefully correct it,” he said at a media day on Wednesday, ahead of the Austin Championship.“It’s not something you want to do, but when you have three Tour physical therapists tell you it needs to be done at some time, you go ahead and do it.“It’s all connected together and I just want to get it fixed. “I can’t promise anybody anything because of what I’ve been through. I’m the oldest 30-year-old you will ever meet.”The surgery that will rule him out for the entirety of 2027 will be Zalatoris third back surgery in the last three years.Zalatoris was runner-up behind Matt Fitzpatrick at 2022 US OpenGettyZalatoris played four times on the PGA Tour in 2026Last year he had a disc replacement operation, two years on from microdiscectomy surgery.Having spent so long dealing with injury, Zalatoris is clearly just looking forward to being pain free and being able to get back out and compete.Zalatoris’ planned 2028 return will mean he comes back to a new look golfing circuit which is due to begin after the 2027 season.Despite his status as a former champion at the highest level, the 30-year-old is going to have to grind it out the hard way, with the second tier Challenger Series his starting point – a step below the PGA Tour Championship Series.“I’ve been in contact with the Tour, which has been great. It looks like I can come back in 2028 and play in the Challenger Series if everything works like it should.”Zalatoris boasts a remarkable record in the majors, having played in just 15 since being cut on his debut as an 21-year-old as the 2018 US Open.He has seven top 10 finishes, including three runners-up places at the 2021 Masters and then the 2022 PGA Championship and one month later at the US Open.