U.S. OPEN
Hats off to soon to be Champion Matt Fitzpatrick (above right) and his caddie Billy Foster (above left) for having a good laugh while waiting to see if they would win the 2022 U.S. Open. They seem pretty happy!
M
att Fitzpatrick of England made two clutch birdies on the back nine and hit a brilliant fairway bunker shot to within 18 feet on the final hole to give him his first PGA Tour victory and first major title in the 122nd United States Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. The 27-year-old Fitzpatrick, who has won seven times on what is now the DP World Tour, closed with a 2-under-par
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68 to win by one stroke on the course made famous by amateur Francis Ouimet more than a century ago. Ouimet, who lived in a house across the street from the 17th green, upset English superstars Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff at the 1913 U.S. Open. Fitzpatrick is now making his own history at The Country Club by winning both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open on the same course.
PHOTO COURTESY OF USGA / KATHRYN RILEY
FITZPATRICK WINS 122ND U.S. OPEN, PULLS OFF HISTORIC DOUBLE
