Alex Fitzpatrick’s victory creates first sibling double on PGA-DP tours
Golf pro Alex Fitzpatrick overcame a six-shot deficit to win the DP World Tour’s Hero Indian Open by two shots on Sunday, March 29. The victory was the 27-year-old Fitzpatrick’s first on the DP World Tour, formerly the European PGA. He birdied eight holes between No.
6 and No. 17 in the final round. Entering No.
18 with a four-shot lead, Fitzpatrick took his foot off the gas and came home with a double-bogey. MORE: 2026 Houston Open tee times & Round 4 pairings “I’ll try and explain without crying, it’s been a lot of hard work for a long time,” Fitzpatrick said, per Golfweek . Alex Fitzpatrick’s victory made history as well.
He and his older brother, Matt Fitzpatrick, became the first siblings to win on successive weeks on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. Matt Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship on March 22 in Palm Harbor, Florida. The DP World Tour’s X account shared the news on Sunday morning.
Matt Fitzpatrick, 31, won the 2022 U. S. Open Championship and has three career PGA Tour victories.