{"id":55238,"date":"2026-04-24T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/55238\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:29:08","slug":"fitzpatrick-brothers-shoot-65-at-zurich-classic-in-foursomes-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/55238\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzpatrick brothers shoot 65 at Zurich Classic in foursomes format"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated April 24, 2026, 2:58 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick shot a 7-under 65 in the foursomes format at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.The duo moved to 15-under 129 at the tournament’s midway point.Their round included an eagle on the 18th hole after Matt chipped in from 60 feet.A victory would earn Alex a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick have learned how to play nice over the years, but they probably have never played as nicely together as they did on Friday at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., shooting 7-under 65 in the foursomes format at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe barely missed a shot,\u201d said Matt, the world No. 3. \u201cMade the putts when we needed to, made some good birdie looks, and yeah, just felt like we played really solid all around today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, they did. Starting on the back-nine after a 64 in the easier best-ball format, the Fitzpatricks, who are teaming up in the Big Easy for the fourth straight year, got hot at the turn, making eagle at the par-5 18th\u00a0thanks to Matt chipping in from 60 feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn’t really do anything,\u201d said Alex. \u201cI hit a 3-wood to the left side of the fairway, and he just chipped it in. So, yeah, there’s not much more I can add, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then, with Matt helping with the reads on the green, Alex made a couple of short birdie putts at Nos. 1 and 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just keep listening to him, and they go in,\u201d Alex said.<\/p>\n

\"AVONDALE,<\/p>\n

In foursomes, a team plays one ball and alternates hitting shots. Not a lot of work for the brothers from England, who had just one blemish on the card.<\/p>\n

\u201cI missed a really short one (2 feet, 3 inches) on three, our 12th hole, and then Matt hit — it wasn’t even that bad a drive and kind of nestled up in the bunker, and we had to kind of wedge it out,\u201d said Alex, describing an otherwise stellar performance that lifted the brothers to 15-under 129 at the midway point of the tournament.<\/p>\n

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Matt, who captured the Valspar Championship in March, won for the second time this season last week at the RBC Heritage<\/a>, while Alex, who is playing on a sponsor’s invite, recently earned his first win on the DP World Tour in India. A victory at the lone team event on the PGA Tour would come with a two-year exemption for Alex and make following the brothers a lot easier for their father, Russ, and mother, Sue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would obviously mean a lot. I think the thing is you can’t force it,\u201d Alex said on Wednesday. \u201cI think that would be something I might be thinking about if we’re coming down the stretch on Sunday and we’re in contention…Yeah, it would be nice to win, but also, yeah, it’s just nice to be here with him and have the opportunity to play and compete and see how we get on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Adam Schupak is a senior writer for Golfweek, covering the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated April 24, 2026, 2:58 p.m. ET Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick shot a 7-under 65 in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[2312,29107,29108,683,689,686,696,688,698,681,51],"class_list":["post-55238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zurich","tag-accessfree","tag-sstssportsgolfpga","tag-sstsnpga-tour","tag-taggolf","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpga-tour","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagstory-highlights-ai-enabled","tag-typestory","tag-zurich"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116461578800360204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}