Matthew Fitzpatrick
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Matthew Thomas Fitzpatrick |
| Born |
1 September 1994 Sheffield, England |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
|
| Career | |
| College | Northwestern University |
| Turned professional | 2014 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T7: 2016 |
| U.S. Open | T48: 2014 |
| The Open Championship | T44: 2013 |
| PGA Championship | T49: 2016 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Mark H. McCormack Medal | 2013 |
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.
Fitzpatrick was born in Sheffield and attended Tapton School where he sat A-levels in 2013.
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 semester, in January 2014, to pursue a full-time amateur golf 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.
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