Matthew Fitzpatrick


Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick 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. His younger brother Alex is an amateur golfer attending Wake Forest University. He has been selected for the 2019 Walker Cup.

Amateur career

Fitzpatrick won the 2012 Boys Amateur Championship at Notts Golf Club. He made the cut at the 2013 Open Championship and finished as low amateur, winning The Silver Medal. Fitzpatrick and Jimmy Mullen were the only amateurs to make the cut, with Fitzpatrick finishing on 294 to Mullen's 299. 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. The U.S. Amateur win took him to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking which earned him the Mark H. McCormack Medal. 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; however he left after one semester, in January 2014, to pursue a full-time amateur golf career.

Professional career

Fitzpatrick turned professional after the 2014 U.S. Open, forfeiting his exemption to the 2014 Open Championship. 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 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. 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 Tyrrell Hatton. This was the third and biggest win of his career.
In September 2017, Fitzpatrick won the Omega European Masters in Crans-Montana, Switzerland via a playoff victory over Scott Hend.
In September 2018, Fitzpatrick defended his Omega European Masters title in a playoff over Lucas Bjerregaard.

Amateur wins (2)

European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
111 Oct 2015British Masters−15 2 strokes Søren Kjeldsen, Shane Lowry,
Fabrizio Zanotti
25 Jun 2016Nordea Masters−16 3 strokes Lasse Jensen
320 Nov 2016DP World Tour Championship, Dubai−17 1 stroke Tyrrell Hatton
410 Sep 2017Omega European Masters1−14 Playoff Scott Hend
59 Sep 2018Omega European Masters −17 Playoff Lucas Bjerregaard

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12017Omega European Masters Scott HendWon with par on third extra hole
22018Omega European Masters Lucas BjerregaardWon with birdie on first extra hole
32019BMW International Open Andrea PavanLost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional