With the PGA Championship taking place just a few miles outside of the City of Brotherly Love this week, it’s certainly appropriate that two English siblings find themselves in contention for a major title.
Last month, Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick teamed up to share an emotional and historic win at the Zurich Classic before Alex recorded back-to-back top 10 finishes in his first two solo PGA Tour starts. That victory in New Orleans was Matt’s third in four tournaments, while Alex’s followed a breakthrough career triumph in India the previous month.
“It’s kind of really hard to describe. If someone had told me you’d win your first DP World Tour event and then a couple of weeks later you’d win on the PGA Tour, I’d have never ever believed you,” Alex Fitzpatrick told CNN Sports this week.
“Everything has changed,” the young Englishman added.
It’s never easy growing up in the shadow of your older brother, especially when he’s the 2022 US Open winner, but Alex Fitzpatrick has done a pretty good job of it.
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