Matt Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick, who averaged 293 yards and ranked 127th in driving distance on the PGA Tour last season, was seen outdriving his playing partner Johnson, ...

On one particular hole in the second round at the US Open, Fitzpatrick sent his drive a full 20 yards past Johnson, a player who ranked 14th in driving distance category prior to resigning his PGA Tour membership earlier this month. There was once a time when Matt Fitzpatrick was considered a short hitter on the PGA Tour - but that is no longer the case, especially after his opening two rounds alongside Dustin Johnson at the US Open this week. Matt Fitzpatrick has been working on his driving distance, and it showed in the opening two rounds of the US Open with Dustin Johnson.

Matt Fitzpatrick revelled in his new-found status as one of golf's big hitters as he played his way into contention for the second major in succession.

- US Open - US Open - US Open At the end of the day you only get four attempts a year, and that’s if you’re in them. “They’re what’s important,” he added. “Hitting the drives I hit this week so far and seeing where he’s hit his has been quite eye-opening for me.

Matt Fitzpatrick does things a little differently, and it's helped him become one of the best players in golf.

And he could end the week with a trophy to show for it. “A big reason for success is that most players aren’t willing to stick with a plan week after week, for years. “A seven mile per hour change in playing speed is massive over the course of a year, but it means you might go a month with no measurable progress because your first goal is to avoid injury and not sabotage an already high level of performance. The journey there started in 2020, when he added renowned golf biomechanics expert Dr. Sasho Mackenzie to his team. The reason he does it is because there’s some evidence to suggest it helps. Fitzpatrick’s putting has long been the strength of his game. Fitzpatrick says he tends to “drive the handle” during his swing. Almost superstition, but it makes him feel comfortable, and that’s the most important thing.” It’s a common sight to see players employ a left-hand low putting grip on the greens. The issue Fitzpatrick identifies, quite rightly, is that the those metrics will track where the ball ends up, but not where he was actually aiming his ball in the first place. If it helps your game and it helps you improve, then there’s no reason not to do it in.” Isn’t just safer to play things safe, and do things the conventional way?

On four under par at Brookline Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris lead Jon Rahm, who made a double bogey at the last, by one, with Rory McIlroy one under.

“To me it was around a drain and very clearly my stance and my ball was sitting differently than it would be if that drain was not there,” he said. I mean, it’s very clear that my stance and where my ball was was altered and sitting badly because of that drain, but I didn’t get a drop from it. The rule goes on to state that if the obstruction is close enough to distract the player but does not otherwise interfere, there is no relief under the rule.” You have to be able to hit the drain to get a drop.” I felt like I very easily could have told her that I was going to and gotten a free drop, but I wasn’t. Thomas would have been granted free relief were the drain interfering with his stance or the line of his swing; a referee determined neither applied. That US PGA really made me feel that I can be one of the world-class players.” “The US PGA gave me a lot of belief and confidence that I belong in this situation,” Zalatoris said. Curiously, the 25-year-old has five top-10 finishes in seven major starts but is yet to win a mainstream tour event. “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others, yeah,” he said. The Yorkshireman, whose amateur win came at this illustrious venue in 2013, will start day four in a tie for the lead. The defending champion’s one-over-par 71 means he is one shy of the leading duo.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead after three rounds of the US Open at Brookline, where the stage is set for another thrilling major ...

For both Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris, the position is a familiar one. The job is not even close to being done.” Zalatoris carded a best-of-the-day 67 to once again earn himself a shot at a major championship, having twice finished runner-up already, while Fitzpatrick birdied holes 14, 15 and 17 before a bogey at the final hole denied him the outright lead.

Defending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful day on top of the leaderboard when he birdied the 14, 15th and 17th to take the outright lead, only ...

“That’s bull****, man.” The job is not even close to being done.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special.

Joint leader Fitzpatrick has a great chance to become only the second man after Nicklaus to win the US Amateur title AND the US Open at the same venue.

That gave him a one stroke lead at five under. So will Zalatoris. He lost out to Justin Thomas in a play-off in last month’s USPGA, has finished out of the top eight in only three of his eight Major starts. “It would mean the world, because this place is very special to me, for obvious reasons.

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same Massachusetts venue, Fitzpatrick shares the 54-hole lead with American Will Zalatoris, a shot ahead of ...

If that grandstand hadn’t have been there, I’m sort of just chipping out and five was probably the score I would have made. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick emerged atop the leaderboard at the U.S. Open on Saturday during a brutal round in which eight players had at least a ...

A former PGA champion, he called it "probably the highlight of my whole entire life." Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. This Saturday at Brookline was so wild that Rahm was the last of eight players who had at least a share of the lead at some point. If anything, he said it was getting dark and he didn't notice his ball sitting down in the sand. That's all I was trying to do. He made one birdie in his round of 73. "I have 18 holes, and I'm only one shot back," he said. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. He was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. That's what knocked defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole.

Defending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful day on top of the leaderboard when he birdied the 14th, 15th and 17th to take the outright lead, ...

“It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special. The job is not even close to being done.” Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “That’s bull****, man.” Speaking after a round of 72 left him three over par, Thomas said: “I called an official to get a ruling on it, and in the spirit of the game I wasn’t going to hit the drain. A victory on Sunday would see Fitzpatrick join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the US Amateur and US Open on the same course, Nicklaus doing so at Pebble Beach in 1961 and 1972.

Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris hold a share of the lead going into the final round of the US Open, with defending champion Jon Rahm a shot off the pace ...

Fitzpatrick failed to get up and down from the greenside bunker to save par at the last, slipping him back into a share of the lead, with Rahm making it a three-way tie at the top when he recovered from bogeying the 13th to take advantage of the par-five next and hole a 30-foot birdie at the 15th. Morikawa reduced the deficit to one with a birdie at the fifth but lost ground when he followed a bogey at the sixth with a three-putt double-bogey at the next, while Zalatoris followed a front-nine 33 by converting from five feet at the 15th to move to four under. Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris hold a share of the lead going into the final round of the US Open, with defending champion Jon Rahm a shot off the pace after a frustrating finish.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick are the co-54 hole leaders at the U.S. Open. Both are searching for their first major championship at the Country Club ...

Rahm is trying to win his second major championship, becoming the first golfer since Brooks Koepka to win back-to-back U.S. Opens. He won the U.S. Amateur at the Country Club, the site of this year's U.S. Open, back in 2013. Zalatoris shot the round of the day with a three-under 67.

Zalatoris, who lost in a three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship last month, made only one bogey — a staggering feat on a beast of a Brookline course — for a ...

A former PGA Championship winner, he called it “probably the highlight of my whole entire life.” He was at 6 under and cruising until his wedge to a back pin on the 141-yard 11th hole bounced hard over the green and into deep rough. Denny McCarthy made the cut on the number at 3-over par. To play that back nine at even par today was a really good effort, I thought. Fitzpatrick, already a champion at The Country Club with his U.S. Amateur title in 2013, was equally steady and ran off three birdies over his last five holes for a 68. He made one birdie in his round of 73. He took two to the green and two puts later was no longer leading. Rahm's first shot from a fairway bunker hit the lip and nearly rolled into his footprint. Rahm wasn't upset with his swing on the final hole. That's what knocked defending champion Jon Rahm out of the lead on the final hole. It's not like Rahm had full rights to the lead. “Felt like I shot a 61,” Zalatoris said.

Matt Fitzpatrick will take a share of the lead into the final round of the US Open as he seeks a first major title and historic Brookline double. Defending champion Jon Rahm looked set to finish an eventful day on top of the leaderboard when he birdied ...

The job is not even close to being done.” “That’s bull****, man.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special.

Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick have matching scores of four under par. Zalatoris had an efficient round with four birdies and just one bogey to put ...

McIlroy didn't fare much better than Morikawa. The 33-year-old finished with a three-over 73 to fall three shots off the pace. He went four under the last day to win the tournament by one stroke. The defending U.S. Open champion found the bunker on the dogleg, and his first shot to get out of the sand didn't clear the lip. Morikawa had a day to forget with four bogeys and two double bogeys. There are only nine players under par heading into the final round. Zalatoris has seemingly been building to a huge breakout moment all season. He posted a double-bogey six on the hole to fall into third place at three under. Business as usual for the defending champ. Fitzpatrick posted his second 68 in the past three days. Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick have matching scores of four under par. Here comes @WillZalatoris 📈

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2 shots back. Will Zalatoris posts a 3-under 67 in the third round of the U.S. Open and leads by one stroke.

Zalatoris is the first player today to card a score of 67 or better; there has been one 68 (Denny McCarthy).

World number one Scottie Scheffler, Keegan Bradley and Adam Hadwin are two shots off the pace at the Country Club, with Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns and Joel Dahmen ...

Local News Rain showers taper off heading into Sunday afternoon, but an overhead cloud deck will keep temperatures in the 60s for the coolest day of the week. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.”

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same Massachusetts venue, Fitzpatrick shares the 54-hole lead with American Will Zalatoris, a shot ahead of ...

“I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win. I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others.

Defending champion Jon Rahm, four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and this year's Masters victor and world number one Scottie Scheffler are among the big names ...

"Would my career be incomplete if I didn't have one? "Now I feel like I've gone one more than that. It was a real positive moment in my career, it kickstarted me." "They mean more. "These past two majors, I feel so much more comfortable. Short game was good.

On land formerly shared with a horse track, Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead in a bunched pack of thoroughbreds heading into the final ...

An outlier, Zalatoris fired the round of the day, a 67 that was marked by just one bogey and a ton of discipline. With similar conditions expected for the final round, Zalatoris will likely employ a similar game plan. “I didn't know it was going to be that hard. “I knew it was going to be hard," Dahmen said. Dahmen, who didn't make a birdie but parred his last 11 holes on Saturday, is 1 under, but Morikawa squandered his title hopes with a 77, one of 10 scores of 7 over or worse on the round. Bradley birdied three of his final six holes and received a Sunday-victory-lap-like reception from the crowd on No. 18. “It's infuriating in a sense to finish that way with how good I played those holes, but like I kept telling myself, if on the 14th hole you tell me you can post 1-over par and not play the last five holes, I would have ran to the clubhouse because of how difficult it was playing. Scheffler jumped out to a two-shot lead after holing out from 101 yards at the par-5 eighth hole. The closing double knocked him from leader to chaser, but Rahm, still wearing last year’s championship belt proudly, kept that newfound perspective of a major champion. As expected with a U.S. Open test, the course rewarded great shots and punished average ones. The Country Club hadn’t hosted a U.S. Open since 1988, but it has certainly made up for lost time. But a deft and unfamiliar design that includes plenty of blind shots has turned these competitors uncomfortable while whipping winds, which flipped from previous days, and dipping temperatures have ramped up the treachery.

Nine years after winning the US Amateur title at the same venue, Fitzpatrick shares the lead heading into the final round of the year's third major.

Rain showers taper off heading into Sunday afternoon, but an overhead cloud deck will keep temperatures in the 60s for the coolest day of the week. “I am one great round of golf away from doing it and that’s all I have to focus on.” It kind of kickstarted me. Round of the day “I certainly think it gives me an edge over the others,” Fitzpatrick said of his US Amateur win in 2013. “I genuinely do believe that.

Matt Fitzpatrick will take a share of the lead into the final round of the US Open as he seeks a first major title and historic Brookline double.

- US Open - US Open - US Open “That’s bull****, man.” “It’s obviously a special place for me and to go one step further and win a US Open round here would be even more special. The job is not even close to being done.”

Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler, who tied for second, made it interesting down the stretch at the Country Club, but Fitzpatrick held on to finish at ...

But Scheffler’s putting stroke deserted him on the back nine when he bogeyed the 10th and 11th holes when he needed three putts to get his ball in the hole on both greens. But a missed fairway off the 12th tee led to a layup short of the green and ultimately a bogey. That dropped him to four under par for the tournament. He stumbled on the 10th hole when a lengthy second shot was short of the green and led to another bogey. But his tee shot on the par-3 sixth hole was excessively long, sailing 66 feet past the hole, which led to a bogey. Then, on the next hole, he sent his second shot into a greenside bunker, which led to a second successive bogey. Then the tiny 11th tormented Fitzpatrick as a 7-foot par putt skidded past the hole for a second successive bogey. On Sunday, Scheffler carved up the front nine again, with four birdies in his first six holes. But his 3-wood on the 444-yard, par-4 18th hole was ripped left and landed in the center of a yawning bunker just off the fairway. He steadied himself with three consecutive pars and at the par-3, 158-yard sixth hole, he drilled his tee shot 2 feet from the flag for an easy birdie. In the past year, Fitzpatrick, now No. 10 in the men’s world golf rankings, has worked tirelessly off the course to increase the speed of his swing, which leads to greater distance, and usually to lower scores. BROOKLINE, Mass. — This year’s U.S. Open began as the setting for an unprecedented showdown between golfers who had remained loyal to the established PGA Tour and a breakaway pack of ex-colleagues who recently joined the new, rebel Saudi-backed LIV Golf series.

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris paid tribute to Matt Fitzpatrick after the Englishman claimed bragging rights over the pair with US Open ...

I don't know if you guys noticed, but I feel like he has made some extreme improvements off the tee in a matter of months. "Gave myself a chance to win the US Open. Performed really well today under a lot of pressure. "It just so happened the putts were going around the edge instead of in. "I thought I made a lot of nice putts just to keep myself in it. That's what it felt like was happening most of the week. I really felt great with the putter all week, and I hit a great putt on 18.

Matt Fitzpatrick, the 27-year-old from Yorkshire, won by one from Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler while Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa finished tied ...

I thought it was a course that you could play pretty well at and a course that could kind of hurt you in the back pretty quickly. With birdies at the 14th and 15th, McIlroy was minus two and back in with a small shout. McIlroy made par at the tricky 2nd but dropped a shot at the 3rd, a hole which caused him issues in three of the four rounds. From there, he hit a towering, terrific iron into the heart of the green. The actions of a champion. Enter Scheffler. A terrific approach to the 17th set up a birdie three, and cut Fitzpatrick’s lead to one. A Zalatoris birdie at the short 11th meant a two-shot lead at six under. A Zalatoris bogey was the natural outcome. To the 72nd hole; where the Englishman hit his drive into a bunker. He dropped a shot at the 12th and carved his drive into rough at the 13th, from where he could only chip sideways. The duo were now tied at minus five, with Scheffler missing the opportunity to join the party up ahead at the par five 14th green. Scheffler joined him with a birdie at the 5th.

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In all, Fitzpatrick—previously a seven-time European Tour winner—made more than 80 feet of putts over the final nine holes. That meant using a special high-strength titanium originally designed for the Mars Lander. The lighter and faster-flexing alloy (ATI 425) means more design freedom to create extra off-center-hit stability in the TSi2 and movable weight in the more pear-shaped TSi3. Fitzpatrick put the blade-style putter, which includes face grooves just like the Tracy II, in play in 2020. The win bookends Fitzpatrick’s 2013 U.S. Amateur win at the same venue and the familiar surroundings clearly agreed with him. Zalatoris dropped a shot with a bogey at 15, but with Scheffler about to knot him with a birdie at 17, Fitz dropped a 19-footer for another birdie at 15 after a brilliant iron approach from a bare patch 230 yards out that proved to be the difference. However things really got interesting starting at the 13th, where Fitz dropped a 48-foot putt for birdie to seemingly take the lead until Zalatoris dropped a lengthy putt for par.

It was Fitzpatrick's first PGA TOUR win, and he becomes the 13th player and first non-American to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open. He's also the second, ...

Fitzpatrick still looks like a kid, which is to say he doesn’t look all that different from the player who won here in 2013, with the exception of the logos and maybe a few extra pounds. Jon Rahm captured the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, the site of his first TOUR win and not far from the hiking trails where he proposed to his wife. Fitzpatrick is the first player since Danny Willett at the 2016 Masters to notch his first TOUR win at a major. “Yeah, just happy to be unbeaten around this place.” If you’re a certain type of dewy-eyed dreamer, you can still squint at Matt and Alex and see Ouimet and his own kid-caddie, Eddie Lowery, in 1913. “That’s going to look bad on TV. I’ve said for a long time he deserves one more than anyone I can think of. You could take it as pressure, who knows how it’s going to go, but he stayed calm and had a good game plan. The final hurdle for Fitzpatrick, having driven into the fairway bunker on 18, was clearing the lip that had thwarted Jon Rahm the day before. The relationship between a player and a golf course can mean more than meets the eye. Fitzpatrick’s 17 top-10s without a win were the most on TOUR since the start of the 2019-20 season. Zalatoris, who lost playoffs at the Farmers Insurance Open (Luke List) and PGA Championship (Justin Thomas) earlier this season, and who also was seeking his first TOUR win, had a birdie putt on 18 to force a playoff, but it burned the left edge. This is horrible (laughter).’ And up to that point really, I'd really not missed many shots.

Matthew Fitzpatrick described the feeling of securing his maiden major victory at the US Open as "out of this world" as he edged out Will Zalatoris and ...

"It means a lot. He did my head in by missing a few short putts, but he didn't need to win by four, did he? "It's easy to still go off track. "The feeling's out of this world," Fitzpatrick said. "That's the number that we all agreed on. To achieve it, I can retire a happy man tomorrow."

Englishman has moment of magic as he holed 50 feet for birdie across 13th green.

“I was hoping to get into red figures starting today and see what happens on the back nine. And, as Matt Fitzpatrick tread on favoured terrain, it was the 27-year-old Englishman who added the US Open to his trophy cabinet with a display of shot-making and mental fortitude to outduel Will Zalatoris by the narrowest of margins in his 122nd edition of the championship. ... I felt more comfortable today than I did in the PGA and that’; s encouraging. But the weight of leading hit fast and hard, as Zalatoris leaked his drive right on the 12th to bogey and see his lead reduced to one. I still feel like I played well and shot a solid round of golf, but just not quite good enough to contend ... I‘ll look back at this as another missed opportunity just as Southern Hills was, but missed opportunities are better than not contending at all. “I needed to shoot a 65 or a 66 to get the job done today, and I just wasn’t quite on it enough to do that.

New US Open champ Matt Fitzpatrick was clearly blown away from what was a gesture of pure class and humility by Rory McIlroy.

As the Sheffield native soak in the scenes, around 18, he was met by former US Open champion Rory McIlroy and warmly congratulated on his win. If there was one shot I struggled with this year - and did not want - it was a fairway bunker shot. With Will Zalatoris, sitting one stroke back, nicely on the fairway, Fitzpatrick knew he could not afford to bogey. "It's incredible," Fitzpatrick told Sky Sports. "You obviously don't know how it's going to feel... I'm so happy for you." "Get in there!

Matt Fitzpatrick finally broke through for his first major - and PGA Tour win - Sunday at the 122nd U.S. Open.

“There’s just a dedication to getting better each day,” Alex said. Leading Zalatoris and Scheffler by a shot, needing precise contact with his ball slightly on the upslope in the bunker, Fitzpatrick chose 9-iron … and hoped. “I just don’t think people realize how hard it is to win a major. “I was like, This is easy!” he said. Combine all of those factors, and Fitzpatrick has enjoyed a breakout year in 2022, even without a victory. He started chipping cross-handed in 2020 because he found the strike, flight and spin more consistent. With a better understanding of his tendencies, each of Fitzpatrick's practice days are scripted, oftentimes down to the ball count. He shot 62 in a practice round and flicked wedges onto the green. And he got it today.” In the fall of 2020, however, Fitzpatrick sensed the need for change and embarked on an ambitious transformation. “This might be as good as it ever gets,” Russell said that day. The Englishman joined Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the U.S. Amateur and Open at the same venue.

Fitzpatrick held his nerve in a tense climax on Sunday evening to secure his first major title by a shot from playing partner Will Zalatoris and world number ...

“It (The Open) will be great,” Fitzpatrick said. “I’m looking forward to it. “I’ll probably have a sit-down meeting with everyone and just try and make the right decisions going forward. I’m delighted with one so far.” I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing. He’s far better than I thought.

And they certainly don't win America's national championship on the same course where they had previously claimed the U.S. Amateur title, a feat achieved only ...

Other than that, the pair worked on taking a lot of “set” out of Fitzpatrick’s left wrist, a move that has revolutionized his iron play. As a result of his work with bio-mechanist Sasho Mackenzie and a Speedstick called “The Stack,” Fitzpatrick is now much longer off the tee. But the knock on him—a reason perhaps why he had yet to win as a professional in the U.S.—was always that he lacked the length to compete at the elite level. “It was heartbreaking to lose that day,” Foster says. But his approach play and chipping are now on a level with the rest of his game. Gone is the short-hitting but accurate short-game specialist, replaced by the owner of a strong all-round game. And the rest is history.” The holing of putts has always been a strength of the Fitzpatrick game, alongside his metronomic ability to find fairways from the tee. “Anyway, we met at the Bear's Club in Florida and studied the full list of notes we had on his chipping,” Walker continued. I've got a bit of a way to go, but this is a good start. But the 19-footer that disappeared into the cup two holes later for what turned out to be the decisive birdie is surely a close second. Fitzpatrick’s historic breakthrough at the highest level—achieved while staying with the same family and sleeping in the same room he did back in August 2013—is hardly the biggest surprise, of course.

Not long after he clinched his first ever major, Matt Fitzpatrick was targeting five more, and trying to keep as straight a face as possible.

"I've got a bit of a way to go, but it's a good start." When growing up, it was kind of the same wispy, high rough as well, so you had to learn to control your ball flight and chip well because you just weren't going to hit that many greens." "It's funny,"Fitzpatrick added, "after Shane won The Open, and we were playing somewhere, and he was telling me a story about one of his mates was giving him abuse or he wasn't playing very well, or something. 18 was kind of just a bit of hit and hope." "You look throughout the week, the shots that you hit and the different times, it's strange because that probably is such a huge shot in the moment. "It's one of the best shots I ever hit, there's no doubt about it," he said.