A month after finishing joint fifth in the PGA Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick held off Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris to join Justin Rose as England’s only winners of the US Open since Tony Jacklin’s 1970 triumph.
A month after finishing joint fifth in the PGA Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick held off Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris to join Justin Rose as England’s only winners of the US Open since Tony Jacklin’s 1970 triumph.
It came on the same Brookline course where he became US Amateur champion in 2013 – and he was the first English winner of that title since 1911.
Fitzpatrick went top of the amateur world rankings as a result, while his US Open victory took him into the game’s top ten for the first time.
The leading amateur at The 142nd Open in 2013, the former British boy champion won Walker and Ryder Cup honours in the space of three years and now has ten DP World Tour titles, including two season-ending Tour Championships.
His first win on the PGA Tour came at the RBC Heritage in 2023 where he defeated Jordan Spieth in a play-off. He then went on to win three times in the spring of 2026, taking titles at the Valspar Championship, his second RBC Heritage triumph and a memorable win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with younger brother Alex.
Fitzpatrick also went close to winning The Players in March 2026, finishing runner-up to Cameron Young.
He finished T4 at The 153rd Open at Royal Portrush in July 2025 – his best result in the Championship – having been among the leading pack after the opening round.
Two months later he was part of Luke Donald's triumphant European Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black, having also been on the winning side in Rome in 2023.