Matthew Fitzpatrick

Matthew Fitzpatrick
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick
Born (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994
Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Nationality  England
Career
College Northwestern University
Turned professional 2014
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T7: 2016
U.S. Open T48: 2014
The Open Championship T44: 2013
PGA Championship T49: 2016
Achievements and awards
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2013

Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional golfer. His biggest achievement as an amateur was winning the 2013 U.S. Amateur. His first professional win was in the 2015 British Masters.

Early life

Fitzpatrick was born in Sheffield and attended Tapton School where he sat A-levels in 2013.[1]

Amateur career

Fitzpatrick won the 2012 Boys Amateur Championship. He made the cut at the 2013 Open Championship and finished as low amateur, winning The Silver Medal.[2] Fitzpatrick and Jimmy Mullen were the only amateurs to make the cut, with Fitzpatrick finishing on 294 to Mullen's 299.[3] Later in 2013, Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Amateur, which earned him invitations to the 2014 Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, and Open Championship provided he remained an amateur.[4] The U.S. Amateur win took him to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking[5] which earned him the Mark H. McCormack Medal.[6] In September 2013 he played in the Walker Cup.

In September 2013 Fitzpatrick enrolled at the Northwestern University to play college golf with the Northwestern Wildcats;[7] however he left after one semester, in January 2014, to pursue a full-time amateur golf career.[8]

Professional career

Fitzpatrick turned professional after the 2014 U.S. Open,[9] forfeiting his exemption to the 2014 Open Championship.[10] His professional debut was at the 2014 Irish Open, after which he played several competitions on the European Tour and Challenge Tour on sponsor and tournament invitations.

In November 2014, he entered the 2014 European Tour Qualifying School[11] where he finished in 11th place and qualified for the 2015 European Tour.

Fitzpatrick started the 2015 season missing six cuts in the first eight competitions on the season; in June, he registered a third place at the Lyoness Open quickly followed, in July 2015, by second place at the Omega European Masters a shot behind Danny Willett, winning the second prize of €300,000. His maiden victory came in October 2015, when he won the British Masters at Woburn, winning the first prize of £500,000 (€671,550). After this result, he entered the world top 100 for the first time with a ranking of 59. He finished his rookie season on tour with one win, nine top-10 placements, and a 12th place in the final Order of Merit.

In April 2016, Fitzpatrick competed at the 2016 Masters Tournament, finishing tied for the 7th place; in June, he won the 2016 Nordea Masters and reached the 32nd place in the Official World Golf Ranking, his best position to date. Thanks to his results on the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the European Tour he obtained an automatic selection for the 2016 Ryder Cup.

In November 2016, Fitzpatrick won the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai by one shot over Tyrell Hatton. This was the third and biggest win of his career.

Amateur wins (2)

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 11 Oct 2015 British Masters −15 (64-69-68-68=269) 2 strokes Denmark Søren Kjeldsen, Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry, Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti
2 5 Jun 2016 Nordea Masters −16 (68-65-68-71=272) 3 strokes Denmark Lasse Jensen
3 20 Nov 2016 DP World Tour Championship, Dubai −17 (69-69-66-67=271) 1 stroke England Tyrrell Hatton

Results in major championships

Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP CUT DNP T7
U.S. Open DNP T48LA DNP T54
The Open Championship T44LA DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T49

LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bull, Andy. "US Amateur champion Matthew Fitzpatrick aims to cut a dash at the Masters". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (21 July 2013). "Englishman Fitzpatrick, 18, low amateur at Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Scott, Ged (19 July 2013). "The Open 2013: Jimmy Mullen keeps Silver Medal hopes alive". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Am: Matt Fitzpatrick tops Goss". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Matthew Fitzpatrick becomes the World's number one amateur". WAGR. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Fitzpatrick and Ko win Mark H McCormack Medals as leading amateurs". WAGR. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Stein, Cassie (2 July 2013). "Collegians Forrest, Stow, Fitzpatrick qualify for Open". Golfweek. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Evans, Farrell (9 January 2014). "Matt Fitzpatrick leaves Northwestern". ESPN. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Matt Fitzpatrick to turn professional after US Open". BBC Sport. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Lavner, Ryan (20 May 2014). "U.S. Am champ Fitzpatrick turning pro after Pinehurst". Golf Channel.
  11. ↑ "British youngster Matt Fitzpatrick seals European Tour place for next season after fine finish at Spanish Qualifying School". The Daily Mail. London. 22 November 2014.

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