Another big winner on Sunday? He's becoming a familiar face
One week after he teamed up with his brother to win the Zurich Classic, Alex Fitzpatrick didn't slow down at the Cadillac Championship.
Alex Fitzpatrick watches a shot during the final round of the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral on Sunday. Getty Images Eight days ago, brothers Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick won the Zurich Classic in New Orleans , although the big winner was Alex, the younger brother to the 2022 U. S.
Open champion. With the Zurich being a team event, both players on the winning squad received the valuable two-year membership on the PGA Tour, not to mention spots in Signature Events. So while the Zurich win was a minor step for Matt, now the No.
4 player in the world, it was a significant moment for Alex, who was 141st entering the week. Alex Fitzpatrick was in the midst of a good season on the DP World Tour — having tied for sixth at the Joburg Open and winning the Hero Indian Open in March — but last week we got to see him for the first time as a PGA Tour member, and at a Signature Event alongside the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young and Collin Morikawa. And how did he fare in just his 12th career PGA Tour start?
He tied for ninth and won half a million dollars. “There’s still loads of expectations that I put on myself,” Alex said Friday at the Cadillac Championship , when he was asked if he plays freer now that he secured his Tour card. “It was unbelievable to win, but then you come out here and you’re expected to compete and you expect to play well and there’s always that you want to try and perform every week.