winning the RBC Heritage last week<\/a> while Alex claimed his first career DP World Tour win at the Hero Indian Open in March.<\/p>\n\u201cIt was obviously the goal at the start of the week to have a good week coming off a win last week myself,\u201d Matt Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI knew I was going to come here and enjoy this week regardless of the result. I think playing so well gives you that extra confidence to come and really give it a go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trailing by a stroke entering the weekend, the brothers set the tournament record on Saturday with a best-ball 57 at 15-under par. They tallied 13 birdies, six coming from Alex Fitzpatrick, with Matt Fitzpatrick sinking a 33-foot putt for eagle on hole seven.<\/p>\n
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The pair took a four-shot lead into the final round, but struggled to get off to the start they did on Saturday. After just two birdies across their front nine, their lead vanished with a double bogey on 12 and a bogey on 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, terrible tee shot on 12, terrible second shot on 13, terrible tee shot on 14,\u201d Matt Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI kind of felt like what the hell is going on here? I felt like I lost my swing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The brothers settled back into a rhythm, with Matt Fitzpatrick draining an eight-foot putt for par on 15 to keep them at even-par on the round and 30-under total. Upon arriving to the 18th\u00a0tee, they found themselves in a three-way tie for the lead with Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer, along with the Norwegian duo of Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought if we can get to 18 with a chance at birdie to win, I felt like at least it\u2019s still in our hands,\u201d Matt Fitzpatrick said.<\/p>\n
Needing birdie to win, Matt Fitzpatrick teed off on the par-5 18th\u00a0hole with a 322-yard drive, his longest of the day, leaving Alex Fitzpatrick with 260 yards to the pin. Alex Fitzpatrick left them short in the bunker, giving his brother a 35-yard bunker shot to get up and down for birdie.<\/p>\n
Faced with an extremely favorable lie, Matt Fitzpatrick hit it to tap-in range, with just a two-foot putt standing between Alex Fitzpatrick and his first career PGA Tour win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I was going to miss the putt, stood over it, even though it was so short,\u201d Alex Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t feel my hands, couldn\u2019t feel my legs, couldn\u2019t feel anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Fitzpatrick drained the putt, and immediately bent over in celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m still lost for words,\u201d Alex Fitzpatrick said. \u201cJust an overwhelming emotion of happiness. To be sitting here now and done what we did, I\u2019m pretty speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Matt Fitzpatrick, this is his third win in four starts, and the Englishman now sits in first place of the FedExCup standings.<\/p>\n
But as the brothers walked off the course and into scoring, the story revolved around Alex Fitzpatrick, whose win secured PGA Tour status through the 2028 season, exemptions into the remaining Signature Events in 2026, and a spot at next month\u2019s PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI obviously didn\u2019t expect to be sat here knowing that I\u2019ll have exemption for a year, two years on this tour,\u201d Alex Fitzpatrick said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty surreal. I don\u2019t think it will set in for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair finished the week with the tournament 72-hole scoring record at 31-under-par. But as the brothers prepared to celebrate, they confirmed they would not be taking part in the traditional winners\u2019 karaoke.<\/p>\n
\u201cI say this every year,\u201d Matt Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI see everyone who wins, they do a little sing-song. That\u2019s not for me. I apologize now to everyone, but no.\u201d<\/p>\n