{"id":53375,"date":"2026-08-20T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/53375\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:09:08","slug":"matt-fitzpatrick-scottie-scheffler-has-sewn-up-pga-player-of-the-year-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/53375\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Fitzpatrick: Scottie Scheffler has sewn up PGA Player of the Year – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a difference a year makes for Matt Fitzpatrick entering this week\u2019s BMW Championship in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

The Englishman entered each of the last two BMW Championships firmly on the top-30 bubble to make the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

Entering this year\u2019s event at Bellerive Country Club, he\u2019s No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings and in no danger of failing to advance to the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs next week in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing year. Best career year to date, which is obviously always, yeah, you want that every year, obviously, if you can,\u201d Fitzpatrick, 31, said at his press conference on Wednesday. \u201cBut yeah, I think it\u2019s been really positive all around. Just obviously happy to be in the position I\u2019m in to try and give it a good final couple of events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best season of his career may be putting it mildly for Fitzpatrick. Three of his five career wins have come this season after he was held without a win over each of the prior two seasons. He also has four more top-five finishes, finished in the top 25 of 14 of his 19 events and missed just one cut.<\/p>\n

According to him, though, he\u2019s not in contention to be named the PGA Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it would be amazing to be able to achieve that. I think a certain someone (Scottie Scheffler) sewed it up last week, if I\u2019m honest,\u201d Fitzpatrick said with a laugh. \u201cSo, yeah, I think it will be, obviously, a great opportunity to play well this week and next week to try and put my name back in the hat, but yeah, definitely a lot of weight on that for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has made this breakthrough season that much more special for Fitzpatrick that his brother, Alex, has become a contender on the PGA Tour. The brothers won the two-man Zurich Classic in April, earning Alex \u2014 who had been competing on the DP World Tour \u2014 his PGA Tour card through 2028.<\/p>\n

Even with a delayed start to the PGA season, Alex Fitzpatrick, 27, is well-positioned to also make the Tour Championship, sitting in 20th in the FedEx Cup standings entering the BMW Championship behind four additional top-10 finishes since joining the tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, obviously, winning how we did and kind of being thrown in the deep end, you never know how he\u2019s going to take. Obviously, to have, I think, he had three top-10s since that doing that, sort of straight away as well was really nice to see,\u201d Matt Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI think it was a really good confidence boost for him to show that he has the game to compete. So, yeah, I mean, hopefully, he can sort of play well the next couple weeks as well and sort of finish off a really great season that he\u2019s had.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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