Matt Fitzpatrick discloses what his Dad told him on the back-nine before he won the Zurich Classic
Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Matt Fitzpatrick has continued his dream season on the PGA Tour by winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with his brother Alex Fitzpatrick. The Fitzpatrick brothers finished the tournament at TPC Louisiana on 31-under, claiming a superb one-stroke victory. The Englishmen edged out Norwegian duo Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura, and American pair Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer.
Alex Fitzpatrick has earned a PGA Tour card with the win, while Matt Fitzpatrick now has his fifth career win, after which he shared what his Dad told him on the back-nine. Matt Fitzpatrick discloses encouragement from his Dad during the Zurich Classic Speaking after the final round of the Zurich Classic , during which the pair had lost a four-shot lead on the back-nine after they made a double bogey on 12 and a bogey on 14, Fitzpatrick said: “I was literally thinking after we made double, I’m like, Oh my God, my dad is going to be, like fuming, but also, like so nervous and freaking out at the same time. “I mean, going down 15 I don’t know if I saw him, but he was down at the right side of the ropes.
He was kind of saying to me… I looked across, and he was like, Come on, keep going, keep going. “That was really nice. That was a really nice moment for me personally.
It was like, Yeah, Come on, mate, let’s keep going here. “Yeah, I mean, certainly today I didn’t expect to be as nervous as I was. Like going to bed last night, totally fine.
“I was like, you know, we’re both playing well, four shots clear. We had a great day on Friday. We were really comfortable with what we were doing.