'As good as it gets' - Fitzpatricks win PGA pairs event

Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick hail from Sheffield in South Yorkshire -31 A Fitzpatrick/M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -30 K Reitan/K Ventura (Nor), A Smalley/H Springer (US); -28 T Crowe/B Martin (US), JS Olesen/R Neergaard-Petersen (Den) Selected others : -26 S Power/M Schmid (Ire/Ger); -25 D Brown/J Parry (Eng); -22 A Rai/S Theegala (Eng/US); -20 M Penge/M Wallace (Eng) Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick made history by becoming the first brothers to win a PGA Tour event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans pairs tournament. The English brothers started the final round with a four-shot lead, having set a tournament record score on Saturday , but struggled to find their rhythm and had to endure a nervy finish. A double bogey on the 12th was followed by a bogey on 14 which opened the door for Norwegian duo Kristoffer Reitan and Kristoffer Ventura and Americans Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer.

It was a three-way tie on 30 under par with two pairings in the clubhouse when the Fitzpatricks were left on the final hole. But world number three Matt played a beautiful shot from the bunker to leave Alex a simple birdie putt from just a couple of yards to wrap up a historic victory at TPC Louisiana. "It's amazing to be here with him, my mum and dad.

It's a lot of hard work and I can't believe we've done it. The Fitzpatricks missed the cut in last year's Zurich Classic and finished in a tie for 11th in 2024. "It was a struggle," Matt, who won the 2022 US Open, said.

"I was doing zero to help him but he was fantastic on the back nine. I said 'just give us a chance on the last to hit a bunker shot like that'. " "It means the world.