US Amateur Champion in 2013. The US Open Champion Sunday. In a three-way battle in Brooklyn that went down the wire, Fitzpatrick took control with a great break and an even better shot in the 15th hole for a two-shot swing. It was even more clutch than a gorge shelter in the 18th that made the same level for a 2-under 68-year-old. Victory was not certain until Will Zalatoris, who showed an amazing fight from every mistake, fell to his knees when his 15-foot bird in the 18th just slipped from the left side of the cup. Zalatoris was a runner-up in the second consecutive big. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler never came back from the backers to start the back nine. He had a chance for a 25-foot bird in the 18th that he just lost and left him one behind. Fitzpatrick is the second man to win an Amateur and US Open in the same course, along with Jack Nicklaus who did the trick at Pebble Beach. Julie Inkster won the US Amateur Women’s and Women’s Open at the Prairie Dunes. Along with the $ 3.15 million cash prize, Fitzpatrick had Jack Nicklaus’s gold medal around his neck. Fitzpatrick, who played for Northwestern for a while before becoming a professional, won for the eighth time in the world and this was his first time in America – at least one tournament everyone knows. Fitzpatrick said he won the membership at The Bear’s Club in Florida earlier this year, the course Nicklaus built. “He abused me a little at the beginning of the year. He said, “Finally. “Congratulations on winning in the United States,” Fitzpatrick said. And then lifting the trophy slightly, Fitzpatrick sent a fun message to Nicklaus: “Jack, I won a second time.”
title: “Matt Fitzpatrick Wins The Us Open To Win His First Major Title " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “Charles Barlow”
He had a one-shot lead over Will Zalatoris and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler. It had in front of it a large piece of turf full of roughness, along with an open shelter that protects the green and a flag 156 yards away. Nothing less than a US Open title was on the line. In a rear nine full of clutch moments, Fitzpatrick gave the biggest of all. “One of the best shots I’ve ever shot,” he said. Fitzpatrick struck the 9-iron that started around the steep edge – a “squeezed fade” he called it – carried the front shelter and settled 18 feet away, creating a level for a 2-under 68 that made the Englishman significant. champion for his first professional victory in America. He defeated the US Amateur in Brooklyn in 2013, making him only the second man to win an Amateur and US Open on the same track. Jack Nicklaus, the name on the winner’s gold medal worn around his neck, did the trick at Pebble Beach. Julie Inkster won the US Amateur Women’s and Women’s Open at the Prairie Dunes. “Emotion is out of this world,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s so cliché, but it’s something you dream of as a child. “Yes, to achieve that, I can retire a happy person tomorrow.” Zalatoris, with remarkable resilience during a tense battle in Brooklyn, had a 15-foot bird to force a playoff. He fell to his knees when the ball slipped from the left edge of the cup. He shot 69 and was a runner-up for the third time in the last seven major leagues. Zalatoris and Scheffler, who previously had a longer bird to reach Fitzpatrick, did what they could. Fitzpatrick was convinced that his time was approaching and grabbed her. “Matt’s shot at 18 will probably be shown for the rest of the US Open history,” Zalatoris said. “I walked next to him and thought that doing it would be crazy. But the fact that he pulled it and even had a bird was just unbelievable. “Well, his hat. “He played amazing all week obviously and gave a consistent round today.” The celebration was intimate. Fitzpatrick shared tearful hugs with his parents and younger brother, Alex, who made fun of him for the Amateur. He stayed in the same family. The reward was $ 3.15 million and a title – a great champion – that can not be bought with money. One of the first phone calls came from Nicklaus, the four-time US Open champion. It turns out that Fitzpatrick won the membership in The Bear’s Club – Nicklaus’s course in South Florida – and what the Golden Bear said that day was not forgotten. “He abused me a little at the beginning of the year. He said, “Finally. “Congratulations on winning in the United States,” said Fitzpatrick. And then lifting the trophy slightly, Fitzpatrick sent a fun message to Nicklaus: “Jack, I won a second time.” It took a good break, a typical shot and some guts in the end. Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris were tied in the 15th when the Englishman hit his shirt so far right that he entered the gallery and found a decent lie on the grass that was dead and trampled. Zalatoris lost only a few meters and was buried in deep grass. “I feel that all year we had moments when I did not take a break, I just did not have a lie, I just did not bounce. “This time I get there and the ball sits perfectly,” said Fitzpatrick. “It was one of the best shots I took all day.” He blistered on a 5-iron from 220 yards to 18 feet below the hole. Zalatoris entered the front shelter, was shot at 25 feet and turned into a bullet. Fitzpatrick took a two-shot lead when his bird entered the cup at such a perfect pace that he did not even touch the pin he left in the cup. “Doing this and taking advantage of the break I had was fantastic,” Fitzpatrick said. Zalatoris came back again, getting a hard pin on par-3 16-7 feet for the bird to reduce the lead on a shot. They both missed opportunities for a 12-foot bird in the 17th, and then Fitzpatrick lost a way at the wrong time. The playoffs seemed outstanding – the three previous US Open in Brooklyn had all been judged by playoffs – up to the point of his life. Fitzpatrick finished in 6 under 274. He became the first Englishman after Justin Rose in 2013 to win the US Open and felt his time was approaching. He is meticulous in mapping his plans and keeps a record of everything to find what work is needed. And he has focused on speed in his swing for the last two years, giving him the duration and confidence to compete with anyone. That did not make it easy on Sunday, a three-man fight from the start when Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy fell behind and never re-entered the mix. Fitzpatrick and Zalatoris, who shared the 54-hole lead, had a two-point lead each at one point. Zalatoris, who lost in a playoff game to Justin Thomas in the PGA Championship last month, recovered from two early bogs. They were tied when Zalatoris made an 18-foot bird in the short par-3 11th, and Fitzpatrick made a three-pointer for a ball of the same range. The 25-year-old from Dallas suddenly had a lead of two shots. He also failed to keep the ball in goal, which cost him a shot at No. 12. And then came another big turn, with Fitzpatrick piercing a 50-foot bird in the 13th green. Zalatoris did well to make his 15th and they led to the tense conclusion. Hideki Matsuyama had the low lap of the week at 65, but finished in 3-under 277, and that would never be good enough. McIlroy was 69 and finished in the group four shots back with Collin Morikawa (66). Fitzpatrick could not stop smiling as he picked up the silver trophy, big and silver and shiny like the US Amateur Award, much more substantial. And there was another moving moment in the end. His partner, Billy Foster, one of the longest-lived and most popular loopers in Europe, removed the flag from the 18th pin. This is his trophy. “Billy said it for a while to keep doing what you are doing and the opportunity will come,” Fitzpatrick said. “He did, and I got it.”
