His win caused lots of emotion in the Zunic family due to a near-fatal car accident in Arkansas in August of 2013. Speaking to Fox Sports back in 2015, Zunic said:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family were back home. I was just thinking about them and what it would mean for us as a family, so I was in shock.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had worked really hard, but I couldn\u2019t believe it. That\u2019s why the tears came out,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though the accident was horrible, I feel it\u2019s made me stronger. I really appreciate life now. I realise how fragile it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
After his victory in 2015, Zunic came runner-up to Cameron Smith in the 2017 Australian PGA Championship in a second extra-hole playoff, he won the Queensland Open in 2018 and has 32 top 20 finishes on the PGA Tour of Australasia.<\/p>\n
Speaking about his return to the New Zealand Open, Zunic shares a special connection with Queenstown, and not just because of his victory back in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, Queenstown is a very special place for me, as it was my first professional win not long after having turned professional,\u201d said Zunic<\/p>\n