Matt Fitzpatrick’s rise to main glory: From beginner success to US Open victory in Brookline | Golf Information

Fitzpatrick is the 2022 US Open champion and first English main winner since Danny Willett claimed The Masters in 2016; victory is his eighth win as knowledgeable and first on the PGA Tour, having beforehand received seven occasions on the DP World Tour

Matt Fitzpatrick has been a serious winner in ready for a number of years, with the Englishman lastly becoming a member of the unique membership along with his spectacular victory on the 122nd US Open.

Fitzpatrick completed a shot away from world No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris in Brookline, the identical venue the place he received the US Beginner in 2013, to assert a maiden main victory and break into the world’s high 10 for the primary time.

The 27-year-old’s success sees him turn into solely the second Englishman within the final 50 years to win the US Open, with Fitzpatrick the primary participant to make the occasion their first PGA Tour title since Graeme McDowell did the identical in 2010.

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Highlights of the ultimate spherical from the US Open at Brookline as Matt Fitzpatrick claimed a one-stroke victory

Fitzpatrick’s first skilled victory in America completes a powerful rise by means of {the golfing} ranks, with the two-time Ryder Cup participant now setting his sights on extra main honours.

Fitzpatrick’s journey to main glory

Fitzpatrick loved loads of success as an beginner and sat high of the beginner world rankings after successful the 2013 US Beginner – a event that includes Bryson DeChambeau, present world No 1 Scheffler, Olympic gold medallist Xander Schauffele and PGA Tour participant Zalatoris – earlier than losing no time to impress as knowledgeable.

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Matt Fitzpatrick claimed his maiden main title on the US Open with a par on the 72nd gap as Will Zalatoris missed a birdie putt to drive a play-off

His rooked marketing campaign on the DP World Tour noticed him put up extra top-10s than every other participant, along with his season spotlight being a two-shot victory and his maiden skilled title on the 2015 British Masters.

Fitzpatrick had jumped from outdoors the world’s high 400 to contained in the world’s high 50 in lower than a 12 months, with a top-10 end on his Masters debut the next April and one other victory at Nordea Masters later that 12 months reserving a Ryder Cup debut as a part of Darren Clarke’s European facet at Hazeltine.

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Brad Faxon analyses Matt Fitzpatrick’s distinctive and awkward chipping type forward of his last spherical on the US Open

Though Fitzpatrick was unable to return a degree from his two matches in a 17-11 USA victory, he did end his marketing campaign strongly and overtook Sir Nick Faldo because the youngest Englishman to register three DP World Tour wins by claiming the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.

Fitzpatrick has been an ever-present member of the world’s high 50 ever since, following his Omega European Masters win in 2017 by efficiently defending his title in Switzerland a 12 months later, earlier than persevering with his transfer up the rankings by posting 4 runner-up finishes throughout his 2019 marketing campaign.

The near-misses included him narrowly lacking out on a maiden PGA Tour success on the Arnold Palmer Invitational, received by Francesco Molinari, whereas a tied-fourth end on the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational was additionally one other spectacular show on American soil.

Fitzpatrick took up full PGA Tour membership in 2020 and reached the penultimate occasion of the FedExCup play-offs, in a season disrupted by Covid-19, earlier than signing off his 12 months by ending his 27-month winless run by securing the DP World Tour title in Dubai for a second time.

A constant run of top-20 finishes on each side of the Atlantic noticed him qualify for a second Ryder Cup look, the place he as soon as once more failed to attain in Europe’s record-breaking loss, though Fitzpatrick bounced again three weeks later to win his subsequent begin on the Andalucia Masters.

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Matt Fitzpatrick was misplaced for phrases after claiming his maiden main title with a sensational victory on the US Open

Fitzpatrick rounded off one other spectacular marketing campaign by ending tied-second on the DP World Tour Championship, earlier than instantly hitting the bottom operating when he returned to the PGA Tour in early February.

Added size off the tee alongside his earlier property helped him to a few consecutive top-10 finishes and a share of fifth on the Valspar Championship, with Fitzpatrick then ending two strokes behind Max Homa on the Wells Fargo Championship and denied PGA Championship success after a disappointing last day.

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Matt Fitzpatrick says he acquired a congratulatory telephone name from Jack Nicklaus after successful the US Open at Brookline

A final-round 73 at Southern Hills nonetheless left Fitzpatrick inside the highest 5 and along with his finest main end, though higher was to observe at a well-recognized looking floor in Brookline on the third males’s main of the 12 months.

Rounds of 68, 70 and 68 left Fitzpatrick in a share of the lead alongside Zalatoris going into Sunday, the place he held off the American and world No 1 Scheffler to take pleasure in a breakthrough main success.

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Matt Fitzpatrick produced an unbelievable shot out of the bunker on the 72nd gap of the US Open at Brookline on his technique to successful the event!

Fitzpatrick’s elegant two-under 68 included a 50-foot birdie on the again 9 and a surprising bunker shot on the final, establishing a one-shot victory over Zalatoris, with the win additionally offering a protracted overdue main title for his caddie Billy Foster.

The 27-year-old will now be among the many contenders for The a hundred and fiftieth Open subsequent month, the ultimate males’s main of the 12 months, with all 4 rounds reside from July 14-17 completely on Sky Sports activities’ devoted Open channel.