"As good as it gets" - The Fitzpatricks win the PGA pairs event

Breaking news from the course. 'As good as it gets' - The Fitzpatricks win PGA pairs event Image source: Getty Images Image caption: Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick are from Sheffield in South Yorkshire By Bobbie Jackson, sports journalist Published 12 minutes ago Zurich Classic of New Orleans, final round -31 A Fitzpatrick/M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -30 K Reitan/K Ventura (Nor), A Smalley/H Springer (US); -28 T Crowe/B Martin (US), JS Olesen/R Neergaard-Petersen (Den) Selected others: -26 S Power/M Schmid (Ire/Ger); -25 D Brown/J Parry (Eng); -22 A Rai/S Theegala (Eng/US); -20 M Penge/M Wallace (Eng) Full leaderboard Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick made history by becoming the first brothers to win a PGA Tour event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans pairs tournament. The English brothers started the final round with a four-shot lead, having set a tournament record score on Saturday, but struggled to find their rhythm and had to endure a nerve-wracking finish. A double bogey on the 12th was followed by a bogey on the 14th, which opened the door for the Norwegian duo Kristoffer Reitan and Kristoffer Ventura and the Americans Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer.

It was a three-way tie at 30 under par with two pairs already in the clubhouse as the Fitzpatricks faced their final hole. But world No. 3 Matt played a beautiful shot from the bunker, leaving Alex with a simple birdie putt from just a couple of yards to secure a historic victory at TPC Louisiana. "It won’t sink in," Alex said.

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"It’s amazing to be here with him, my mom and dad. It’s been a lot of hard work, and I can’t believe we’ve done it. It’s as good as it gets.

"The Fitzpatricks missed the cut in last year’s Zurich Classic and finished tied for 11th in 2024. But this victory earns them a check worth £1 million. "It was a struggle," said Matt, who won the 2022 U.S. Open.

"I wasn’t doing much to help him, but he was fantastic on the back nine. I said, ‘Just give us a chance on the last hole to hit a bunker shot like that.’" "It means the world.

I’m absolutely speechless; it was a grind today, but he was unbelievable, and I couldn’t be more proud." The event was played over four rounds, with teams of two alternating between fourball (best ball) in the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) in the second and fourth rounds. Matt, 31, already had two wins this year, including last week’s RBC Heritage.

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