Matt Fitzpatrick (left) greets Will Zalatoris after winning the US Open. Andrew Redington GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
Brookline (USA) (AFP) – In the first victory of his PGA career, England's Matt Fitzpatrick won the US Open on Sunday, beating American Will Zalatoris in a heart-stopping finish.
Fitzpatrick, 18th in the world ranking, is the first golfer to open his record with a Grand Slam title since Danny Willett did so by winning the 2016 Masters.
Zalatoris, also fighting for his first tour title, had a chance to force the tiebreaker on the final hole but missed a dramatic 14-foot putt that handed Fitzpatrick the win at The Country Club in Brookline ( Massachusetts).
It was yet another missed opportunity for Zalatoris, who has yet to win a Tour trophy and fell in the PGA Championship playoff against Justin Thomas in May.
Fitzpatrick, 27, concluded with a card of 68 hits (-2) and a cumulative 274 (-6), one ahead of Zalatoris and fellow American Scottie Scheffler, number one in the world ranking.
Fitzpatrick, who had started the day co-leadership with Zalatoris, succeeds Jon Rahm in the US Open honours.
The PGA ranked number two, who entered his round trailing the co-leaders by a single shot, had an unfortunate 74 (+4) performance, and finished in 12th place.
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