Matt Fitzpatrick overcomes slow start and leads Scheffler by 3 shots at Hilton Head
Matt Fitzpatrick made three bogeys in seven holes, none from terrible spots, and that was enough for Scottie Scheffler to close the gap quickly Saturday in the RBC Heritage.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S. C. — Matt Fitzpatrick was no longer alone in the lead and not really sure how it happened.
He made three bogeys in seven holes, none from terrible spots, and that was enough for Scottie Scheffler to close the gap quickly Saturday in the RBC Heritage. Fitzpatrick felt he was playing well enough there was no need to panic. One big swing with the driver, two shots holed from off the green — for birdie and eagle — and Fitzpatrick steadied himself for a 3-under 68 to lead Scheffler by three shots going into Sunday.
Scheffler opened with five birdies in six holes to get back in the tournament, and he closed with two birdies on the last two holes for a 64 that put him in the final group Sunday. “The bogeys that I made today, I didn’t feel like I kind of hit it off the planet and I was scrambling and stuff,” Fitzpatrick said. “I just felt that they were holes that I didn’t really make my par on, and I felt like I was making good enough swings to make a turnaround on the back nine.
Obviously, some nice momentum with the hole-outs. ” Scheffler finished by smashing a 9-iron from 196 with the wind at his back to 10 feet that briefly tied Fitzpatrick for the lead, just not for long. Fitzpatrick rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt from off the green at the par-3 14th.