Matthew Fitzpatrick finished six short to win his first win as a pro on American soil, holding on to the challenge of Will Zalatoris and world No. 1 Scotty Scheffler in an exciting final round in Brooklyn
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Matt Fitzpatrick was speechless after winning his first title with a sensational victory at the US Open
Matt Fitzpatrick was speechless after winning his first title with a sensational victory at the US Open
Matthew Fitzpatrick described the feeling of securing his first big US Open victory as “out of this world” as he overtook Will Zalaris and world number one Scotty Scheffler by one shot in an exciting final round in Brooklyn.
Fitzpatrick also won the US Amateur at The Country Club in 2013, and such fond memories as well as a course on the course helped strengthen the belief that “this may be the time.”
Fitzpatrick shot two under 68 on the last day, playing two of his last five holes to celebrate his first success on American soil as a professional and become only the fourth Englishman in the last century to win the US Open.
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Matt Fitzpatrick won his first big US Open title with a two-pointer draw on the 72nd hole as Will Zalatoris missed a bird strike to impose a playoff
Matt Fitzpatrick won his first big US Open title with a two-pointer draw on the 72nd hole as Will Zalatoris missed a bird strike to impose a playoff
“The feeling is not of this world,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s such a cliché, but it’s something you dream of as a child. To achieve it, I can retire tomorrow as a happy man.”
However, retirement is the most remote thing in the mind of the 27-year-old. Paul McGinley of Sky Sports believes he is “on the brink of something big” and has a game capable of winning “several major championships”.
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Matt Fitzpatrick made an incredible shot from the bunker on the 72nd hole of the US Open in Brooklyn on his way to winning the tournament!
Matt Fitzpatrick made an incredible shot from the bunker on the 72nd hole of the US Open in Brooklyn on his way to winning the tournament!
That is certainly Fitzpatrick’s goal. “Six is the number,” he said, which will coincide with Nick Faldo’s many victories.
“That’s the number we all agreed on. I have a little more time, but it’s a good start.”
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He added: “You want to win more now, no doubt about it.
“It’s still easy to get off the track. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing, and I hope more come. I’m happy with one so far.”
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Highlights from the last round of the US Open in Brooklyn, when Matt Fitzpatrick won with one blow
Highlights from the last round of the US Open in Brooklyn, when Matt Fitzpatrick won with one blow
Fitzpatrick kept praising Billy Foster after his victory, saying he helped give him faith that he could continue and win the tournament after another nearly missed PGA Championship last month.
“Billy has been saying for a while that the time will come,” Fitzpatrick said. “You play so well. Just keep doing what you do. Will come. It will happen.”
“I put myself in position after two rounds and then I played well yesterday. I just really believed that this could be the moment.
“For whatever reason, because of my success here before, I just felt like this was the time.”
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Matt Fitzpatrick made a huge 48-foot shot on the 13th hole during the final round of the US Open in Brooklyn
Matt Fitzpatrick made a huge 48-foot shot on the 13th hole during the final round of the US Open in Brooklyn
For Foster, this was the first major success of the much-loved caddy, as he became close to many other professionals over the years, including Lee Westwood and Seve Balesteros.
Speaking to Sky Sports after Fitzpatrick’s victory, Foster said: “Incredibly emotional. Forty years of driving; I knew someone was going to take that giant monkey off my back. She was a gorilla, nothing like a monkey!
“He played absolutely brilliantly. He hit me, missing a few short shots, but he didn’t need to win four, did he? One was good enough.
“It simply came to our notice then. Obviously, Westy [Westwood]Darren Clark, Seve, they had their chances over the years, Thomas Bjorn I was framing for the day he left it in the Sandwich bunker [2003 Open] and it really hurt me – I thought about it every day for six months, it broke my heart.
“But it put a lot of bad memories in bed. It means everything to me.”
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