Best gift ever? Matt Fitzpatrick can change his brother's career
Matt Fitzpatrick is playing the best golf of his life.
Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick read a putt during the Zurich Classic Saturday. Getty Images Life is good for the Fitzpatrick family. Damn good, actually, as brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick are leading the Zurich Classic by four, the annual team event on the PGA Tour.
But life could get really good Sunday evening in the event that they win. Alex, ranked 141st in the world, would receive the biggest boost of his career: full PGA Tour membership through 2028 and qualification into the remaining Signature Events of 2026, as well as the PGA Championship next month. All via an event he may not have been playing in otherwise.
Alex Fitzpatrick is one helluva golfer — we cannot forget that. And he’s well on his way to becoming a PGA Tour member for 2027, thanks to a victory a few weeks ago at the Hero Indian Open. But he’s a sponsor’s exemption this week at the Zurich, playing alongside his brother, who isn’t only the third-ranked player in the world.
He’s also the most recent winner on the PGA Tour. Matty Fitz is playing the best golf of his life, having just defeated Scottie Scheffler in a playoff last week at the RBC Heritage. He’s the main reason the Fitzpatricks entered this week as the favorite team on the odds sheet.