Lowry <\/a>still walks away with a respectable chunk of change, with $55,300 (\u20ac47,021) awarded in prize money for his efforts at Harbor Town.<\/p>\nThe week belonged to Englishman Fitzpatrick, who had to sit on a large lead and watch as Scheffler hunted him down over the weekend to force a play-off. The US Open champion of 2022 held his nerve when it mattered most, stitching a long-iron close before making Birdie on the first play-off hole to seal a dramatic win.<\/p>\n
“To win it twice means the world,” he said. “To go toe-to-toe with Scottie and get over the line at the 73rd [hole] is special.”<\/p>\n
Fitzpatrick also revealed that his caddie borrowed some words of wisdom from Rory McIlroy’s bagman Harry Diamond to get the Englishman into the right frame of mind heading into the play-off with Scheffler.<\/p>\n
“He (caddie Dan Parratt) actually said, ‘go and get to the tee. We would have taken this at the start of the week’.<\/p>\n
“I know Rory said that the other week so I jokingly said to Dan, ‘OK here he is, Harry Diamond (McIlroy’s caddie)’.<\/p>\n
“We had a good laugh about that, but I felt I was in a good spot and to hit the four-iron there was out of this world.<\/p>\n
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