I can't take this anymore. I'm happy for Matt Fitzpatrick, and I know you are too, and I'm happy for the sport of golf. But sitting here alone, on another bleak Sunday night, watching the fireflies outside the window, I can't escape my own truth.
Matt Fitzpatrick is a Major champion, winning the US Open with a legendary ball-striking performance – and doing it at The Country Club, where it all started. There is so, so much to discuss. Here are 18 parting thoughts from Brookline.
In golf in the 2020s, guys can disappear into a lab, flanked by incredibly bright and motivated people, who possess the latest of high-tech gadgets, and emerge a far better player.
Nine years after he won the US Amateur title at The Country Club, Matt Fitzpatrick’s six-under 274, was good enough for a one-stroke victory at the US Open there.
The USGA will divvy up $US17.5 million for the players who made the cut at the US Open, and here are all the individual payouts at The Country Club at Brookline.