Behind 4-iron stunner, Matt Fitzpatrick tops Scottie Scheffler in RBC Heritage playoff

Matt Fitzpatrick hits his second shot on Sunday on the 16th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links. Getty Images Matt Fitzpatrick, asked Saturday afternoon if he believed in momentum, thought about his answer out loud. “It’s funny, I remember having a conversation with Phil Kenyon that effectively momentum doesn’t actually exist,” he said.

“It’s probably psychological, isn’t it. “I guess that is momentum, when you’re feeling good with the putter, when you’re feeling good with the driver, with your irons, you make a birdie, you hit it close, the next hole, you’ve got the same number you hit that to, you’re feeling comfortable; that’s the momentum, isn’t it, I guess. ” Seems like it.

But this is also momentum. A six-under 65 from Fitzpatrick on Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina. Then an 63 on Friday.

Then a three-under 68 on Saturday. All of which followed a runner-up finish five weeks ago at the Players Championship, and a victory a week later at the Valspar Championship. Then another win, behind one of the shots of the year.