Matthew Fitzpatrick’s first Major title, on the 122nd US Open championship on the Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, final weekend was an overwhelmingly well-liked one.
The 27-year-old Englishman, who had seven victories on the European Tour (now the DP World Tour) however none within the United States, eclipsed Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler by one stroke, having completed the gruelling take a look at on six-under-par 274.
Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, who claimed the Masters final season, was fourth on three-under, whereas Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy have been tied for fifth on two-under 278.Fitzpatrick’s triumph on the Country Club was a repeat win on the venue the place he received the 2013 US Amateur Championship, solely the second participant after Jack Nicklaus to win the US Amateur and the US Open on the similar venue. Nicklaus did it at Pebble Beach Golf Club in California.
Fitzpatrick additionally turned solely the thirteenth participant to win the US Amateur and the US Open.
His US Open win was solely the fourth by an Englishman, following within the footsteps of Justin Rose in 2013, Tony Jacklin in 1970 and Cyril Walker in 1924.
For Zalatoris this was a second straight Major the place he completed runner-up, having misplaced a playoff within the PGA Championship final month.
It was fairly a tussle on the high for many a part of the match, however on the final day it at all times regarded like both Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris and Scheffler have been going to make off with the silverware.
Scheffler specifically regarded a good wager, birding 4 of the primary six holes within the final spherical. But like so many of those tournaments, one or two slip-ups in the direction of the top, typically ends your problem, and that’s what occurred with the world primary.
Zalatoris, who should now be thought of a contender in any respect the Majors going ahead, assuming he’s totally match, could be kicking himself once more. One or two little errors crept in and that’s what made the distinction in Brookline.
As these lads put together to make their approach to St Andrews in Scotland, the Home of Golf, for the British Open subsequent month, many could have already jotted down their names as potential winners with a little extra credit score than others.
An actual plus-point for these watching the dwell tv broadcasts of the US Open (on Astro), was that not as soon as was any references made to LIV Golf, the brand new profitable circuit that’s rivalling the US PGA Tour (it’s price noting that the talked about broadcasts weren’t from Golf Channel, and possibly that’s why).
