Turned professional 2014 Name Matthew Fitzpatrick Weight 70 kg Current tour(s) European Tour Role Golfer | Professional wins 1 Height 1.78 m Siblings Alex Fitzpatrick European Tour 1 Nationality English | |
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Full name Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick Born 1 September 1994 (age 29)
Sheffield, England ( 1994-09-01 ) College Northwestern University Parents Susan Fitzpatrick, Russell Fitzpatrick Profiles | ||
Education Northwestern University | ||
Matt Fitzpatrick's Final Round Winning Highlights | 2018 Omega European Masters
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.
Contents
- Matt Fitzpatricks Final Round Winning Highlights 2018 Omega European Masters
- Gw player profile matthew fitzpatrick
- Early life
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- Amateur wins 2
- European Tour wins 4
- Results in major championships
- Summary
- Results in World Golf Championships
- Team appearances
- References
Gw player profile matthew fitzpatrick
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in Sheffield and attended Tapton School where he sat A-levels in 2013.
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. 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 quarter, 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 (€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 Tyrrell Hatton. This was the third and biggest win of his career.
Amateur wins (2)
European Tour wins (4)
^Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record (1–0)
Results in major championships
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
Results in World Golf Championships
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional