Matt Fitzpatrick’s quiet rise is getting harder to ignore
Matt Fitzpatrick is the world's No. 3 golfer, but he's often overlooked despite his U. S.
Open win and recent PGA Tour victories.
AVONDALE, La. — In a sport that tends to orbit around the biggest names, the fastest swings and the most marketable players, Matt Fitzpatrick is a little different. Without much fuss, without much self-promotion and, in many ways, without the kind of constant attention that usually follows the game’s most elite players, he has climbed to No.
3 in the Official World Golf Ranking. And that’s what makes Fitzpatrick so unique. After winning last week’s RBC Heritage, his second PGA Tour victory in the last month, Fitzpatrick now has four career PGA Tour titles, including the 2022 U.
S. Open. He also has the kind of statistical profile that would make almost any pro envious.
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