Alex Fitzpatrick

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Alex Fitzpatrick
Personal information
Born (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
ResidenceSheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T17: 2023

Alex Fitzpatrick (born 2 January 1999) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He is also the younger brother of Matt Fitzpatrick.

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Amateur career

In 2018, Fitzpatrick reached the final of the Spanish International Amateur Championship at La Manga, losing 3 and 2 to fellow countryman Billy McKenzie. The same year Fitzpatrick reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 U.S. Amateur.

Fitzpatrick played college golf from 2018 to 2022 at Wake Forest University in North Carolina. [1] He made his PGA Tour debut as an amateur at the 2022 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor, Florida, being invited after winning the 2021 Valspar Collegiate. [2]

He represented England at the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship at Ljunghusen Golf Club in Sweden, finishing tied 4th individually in the stroke-play competition and earning a silver medal with his team since they lost in the final against host nation Sweden. [3] [4] He also played in the 2019 and 2021 Walker Cup. His best ranking on the World Amateur Golf Ranking was 4th. [5]

Professional career

Fitzpatrick turned professional in June 2022 and became an affiliate member of the European Tour. He made his professional debut at the 2022 Horizon Irish Open. [6] [7]

In August 2022, Fitzpatrick played five tournaments on the PGA Tour Canada, with a best finish of tied 11th at the Ontario Open.

He made the cut in his next four tournaments on the European Tour, earning a total of €129,014, with a best finish of tied 13th at the 2022 Cazoo Open de France in September.

Fitzpatrick qualified for the 2023 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. He entered his first major championship, via the qualifying competition held at West Lancashire prior. After the third round he shared 9th place. He eventually finished tied 17th, four strokes better than his brother Matt Fitzpatrick, who finished tied 41st. Fitzpatrick's third round of 65 tied the previous lowest round at an Open Championship at Royal Liverpool. [8]

In August 2023, Fitzpatrick claimed his first professional victory at the British Challenge on the Challenge Tour. He shot a final-round 68 to win by five shots. [9]

Later in the same month, Fitzpatrick finished second at a European Tour event, the ISPS Handa World Invitational, played at Galgorm Castle in the Northern Ireland. [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins (1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
16 Aug 2023 British Challenge −12 (72-66-70-68=276)5 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Stuart Manley, Flag of England.svg Ross McGowan,
Flag of France.svg Tom Vaillant

Results in major championships

Tournament2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T17
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "2021–22 Men's Golf Roster Alex Fitzpatrick". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Alex Fitzpatrick, Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Sweden, France, and Denmark claim 2019 European Team Championship Titles". European Golf Association. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2019 - Ljunghusen GC, Sweden". European Golf Association. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Alex Fitzpatrick". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Rapaport, Dan (27 June 2022). "Alex Fitzpatrick on his professional debut, his brother Matthew's success and turning down LIV". Golf Digest. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Alex Fitzpatrick eager to make his own mark on professional debut". European Tour. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  8. ↑ Morgan, Tom (22 July 2023). "Alex Fitzpatrick: I have bigger rivalry with my golfing girlfriend than brother Matt". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Miceli, Alex (6 August 2023). "Alex Fitzpatrick Grabs First Win on European Challenge Tour". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Brown wins first DP World Tour title in Northern Ireland". European Tour. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
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