This is a first for Matt Fitzpatrick, tasked with defending a Major title. First time around, he took the US Open trophy for a bit of a boating holiday to Italy – visiting the Amalfi coast, Capri and Positano if you don’t mind – and, having returned it safely to the USGA at Los Angeles Country Club, the Englishman believes he is trending, to use that buzz word, in the right direction in an attempt to retain the silverware.
“I was sad (about handing it back), I didn’t feel like I spent enough time with it really,” said Fitzpatrick.
Although troubled by a neck-cum-shoulder injury earlier in the season, Fitzpatrick – currently the world number eight – has shown form starting with a top-10 at the Masters and a win in the Heritage the week after, with a missed cu …
- June 13, 2023
