Matt Fitzpatrick delivers another dramatic playoff win at Harbour Town, but this one takes down Scottie Scheffler
After flubbing a chip on the 72nd hole that enabled Scheffler to complete a rally, Fitzpatrick collected himself to deliver a birdie in a playoff to win his second RBC Heritage title.
When the last putt dropped, the one that beat him, Scottie Scheffler glanced at his caddie Ted Scott, raised his eyebrows and tilted his head. It was a look that seemed to suggest that the No. 1 player in the world was mighty impressed.
Which says all you need to know about Matt Fitzpatrick’s playoff victory over Scheffler on Sunday at the RBC Heritage. After flubbing a chip shot on the 72nd hole that enabled Scheffler to complete a rally from three shots down with four to play, Fitzpatrick collected himself to deliver an epic 4-iron that set up a winning 13-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole for his second win in five weeks and second victory at Harbour Town Golf Links. Fitzpatrick also won the signature event in Hilton Head, S.
C. , in 2023, making him the first foreign-born player to win the event twice. He is the second player, after Chris Gotterup, with two PGA Tour titles this season after a victory last month at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.
He earned $3. 6 million with his fourth career tour victory. “It means the world.
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