‘As good as it gets’ – Fitzpatricks win PGA pairs event

April 27, 2026 No Comments

‘As good as it gets’ – Fitzpatricks win PGA pairs eventImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick hail from Sheffield in South YorkshireByBobbie JacksonBBC Sport journalistPublished58 minutes agoZurich Classic of New Orleans, final round-31 A Fitzpatrick/M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -30 K Reitan/K Ventura (Nor), A Smalley/H Springer (US); -28 T Crowe/B Martin (US), JS Olesen/R Neergaard-Petersen (Den)Selected others: -26 S Power/M Schmid (Ire/Ger); -25 D Brown/J Parry (Eng); -22 A Rai/S Theegala (Eng/US); -20 M Penge/M Wallace (Eng)Full leaderboard

Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick made history by becoming the first brothers to win a PGA Tour event at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans pairs tournament.

The English brothers started the final round with a four-shot lead, having set a tournament record score on Saturday, but struggled to find their rhythm and had to endure a nervy finish.

A double bogey on the 12th was followed by a bogey on 14 which opened the door for Norwegian duo Kristoffer Reitan and Kristoffer Ventura and Americans Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer.

It was a three-way tie on 30 under par with two pairings in the clubhouse when the Fitzpatricks were left on the final hole.

But world number three Matt played a beautiful shot from the bunker to leave Alex a simple birdie putt from just a couple of yards to wrap up a historic victory at TPC Louisiana.

“It won’t sink in,” Alex mentioned.

“It’s amazing to be here with him, my mum and dad. It’s a lot of hard work and I can’t believe we’ve done it.

“It’s as good as it gets.”

The Fitzpatricks missed the cut in last year’s Zurich Classic and finished in a tie for 11th in 2024.

But this victory earns them a cheque worth £1m.

“It was a struggle,” Matt, who won the 2022 US Open, mentioned.

“I was doing zero to help him but he was fantastic on the back nine. I mentioned ‘just give us a chance on the last to hit a bunker shot like that’.”

“It means the world. I’m absolutely speechless, it was a grind today but he was unbelievable and I could not be more proud.”

The event was played over four rounds, with teams of two alternating between fourball (best ball) in the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) in the second and fourth rounds.

Matt, 31, already had two wins this year, including last week’s RBC Heritage.