Englishman’s escape from the bunker at the final hole will find a spot in the annals of golf
Matthew Fitzpatrick kisses the US Open Championship Trophy after the final round of the US Open golf tournament at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, US on June 19 2022. Picture: USA TODAY SPORTS/AARON DOSTER
The 27-year-old Englishman stepped up to the final hole at The Country Club outside Boston with a one-shot lead. With the title in his grasp, he drove straight into a left fairway bunker. When Fitzpatrick’s ball landed in the 18th hole bunker, the tension of what had already been a tightly contested back-nine battle ratcheted up several notches. A bogey would have crushed his dreams, given that Zalatoris had bombed his drive safely up the fairway.
“When I look back, it just all happened so fast,” said Fitzpatrick. “It was like just kind of natural ability took over and just played the shot that was at hand, as if I was a junior trying to hit it close.
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