Since Aug. 20, Matt Fitzpatrick has just about received the BMW Championship, completed most sensible 10 at the Tour Championship, gathered $4 million enjoying golfing, received a Ryder Cup whilst enjoying alongside Rory McIlroy and now received a event at the Old Course at St. Andrews whilst enjoying alongside his mother. Oh yeah, and he were given engaged.Â
How’s that for a seven-week stretch?
Fitzpatrick took the Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews by means of 3 in a Monday end over Marcus Armitage, Ryan Fox and Matthew Southgate. He and his mother, Susan, additionally received the staff pro-am portion of the development.
The Dunhill Links used to be shortened to 54 holes this 12 months on account of some gnarly climate in Scotland during the last a number of days. Fitzpatrick used to be just about flawless on Monday, then again, going out in 33 and coming house in the similar to get to 19 underneath over the three-day event. The Fitzpatrick staff ranking used to be 35 underneath, last with a 59 to win by means of 5.
“Win with my Mum [feels even better than the individual win],” stated Fitzpatrick. “Easily. Yeah, she’s been short of to play all 12 months and he or she’s been having a look ahead to it. To move available in the market and play in addition to you probably did and in addition to I did as neatly, it is wonderful to win in combination.
For a participant at the Dunhill Links to get to pick out their spouse at this event, they will have to have both received a big or be ranked within the most sensible 15 on this planet. Fitzpatrick qualifies underneath each classes after last out the 2022 U.S. Open at Brookline.
“From when I won the U.S. Open last year, I knew that the criteria was you had to win a major or top 15 in the world to be able to pick your partner here,” he stated. “That was one of the first things we spoke about, if we can play Dunhill together, and that’s what we did last year. And last year was clearly a warmup for this year. We did very well this year.”
The win is Fitzpatrick’s 9th at the DP World Tour however his first at a non-major since October 2021. He additionally received the RBC Heritage in April simply after the Masters. He put this one up there with all of the leisure.
“Doesn’t get better than this,” he stated. “Winning at St Andrews, yeah, it’s just a very special place. We’ve been coming here for a long, long time as well, and yes, it doesn’t get better.”
It’s been an important run of golfing in what has been an up-and-down 12 months for Fitzpatrick. He started 2023 dealing with some accidents ahead of that RBC Heritage win and transferring into the summer season the place he notched only one most sensible 10 and not threatened at a big.
Then got here the run at the tip of the FedEx Cup Playoffs the place he closed T2-T9. He then went to Europe and completed T3-T18 there ahead of profitable his first-ever Ryder Cup. He used to be no bystander in Rome, both, wearing McIlroy for stretches in their four-ball play and making 5 birdies in a row at one level. Their Friday afternoon level used to be a part of a consultation that roughly ended the Americans’ hopes of profitable the forty fourth version of that match.
Fitzpatrick’s play has stepped forward because the 12 months has worn on. He’s monitoring to have the second-best statistical season of his occupation —Â at the back of best the dream 12 months of 2022 — and now he will glance to win the DP World Tour Championship in November for what will be the 3rd time of his occupation (Jon Rahm holds probably the most DP World Tour Championship wins with 3).
While Fitzpatrick’s season used to be in little need of saving, he is made it glance higher during the last two months than it did over the primary two of the 12 months. And with his transfer to No. 7 within the Official World Golf Rankings, his St. Andrews win is but some other reminder of ways persistently excellent he’s presently and the way tough it will be to unseat him from his spot among the finest on this planet.