Alex Fitzpatrick followed up his Zurich win with a strong PGA Tour run at the Cadillac Championship, signaling big momentum after earning Tour membership.
One victory set the stage, but Alex Fitzpatrick’s recent form suggests the younger brother isn’t just visiting the spotlight—he’s starting to look like a familiar face.
Eight days ago. brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick won the Zurich Classic in New Orleans. with the major storyline landing on Alex.. The Zurich is a team event. meaning both players on the winning side earned a valuable two-year PGA Tour membership. along with spots in Signature Events.. For Matt—who is now ranked No.. 4 in the world—the win was described as a smaller milestone.. For Alex, it carried heavier weight, arriving after he was 141st entering the week.
Alex’s rise follows a solid stretch on the DP World Tour. where he tied for sixth at the Joburg Open and won the Hero Indian Open in March.. Then came a first look at what PGA Tour membership would mean in real time: last week. he appeared as a PGA Tour player at a Signature Event alongside high-profile competitors such as Scottie Scheffler. Cameron Young. and Collin Morikawa.. After 12 career starts on the PGA Tour. the question wasn’t whether he belonged—it was how quickly he could convert opportunity into results.
In only his 12th PGA Tour start. Alex delivered a strong outcome. tying for ninth and earning half a million dollars.. Speaking at the Cadillac Championship on Friday. he acknowledged that the moment came with expectations. even if winning still felt extraordinary.. He said there are still “loads of expectations” he places on himself. and while securing his Tour card allows him to play with a freer mindset. he also emphasized that he still holds himself to competing and performing well each week.
His performance at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster course reflected that balance between excitement and focus.. Over rounds of 72-66-74-67, he finished at nine under.. While runaway winner Cameron Young posted a much larger winning margin. Alex’s final score left him only four shots behind Scottie Scheffler. who finished solo second.
Beyond the final leaderboard. the details of Alex’s game hinted at why he’s moving through this transition period so smoothly.. He led the field in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee with +4.15, and he also topped the week in driving accuracy.. The same week showed that putting wasn’t the strongest area—he ranked 63rd in putting—but the overall combination was enough to keep him near the front.
Alex also described a sense of control over the ball. saying he is “doing the right things” with his golf and that the past couple of months have brought a noticeable improvement.. He suggested there was a period when his game didn’t translate to the course as he wanted. but that things have “taken a turn” over the last two months. leaving him feeling more settled in how he plays.
Meanwhile, the story of his momentum didn’t stop at New Orleans.. After his Zurich triumph last Sunday. Alex had said he had a flight to catch to Turkey for the DP World Tour’s Turkish Airlines Open.. He didn’t end up taking that trip because he no longer needed to—his PGA Tour membership and results reduced the need to follow through on that calendar plan.
That decision mattered because it kept him in the PGA Tour orbit during a period when the DP World Tour still delivered another headline.. Mikael Lindberg won the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday, earning $466,437.. Alex’s reported finish in the PGA Tour event came with a $500. 000 payout for his T9 in New Orleans after he had already secured $1.372 million from his earlier PGA Tour success.
There’s also a human side to the sudden acceleration of recognition.. After the Zurich win. Alex began receiving text messages and congratulatory notes. and he said he was still catching up even during the Cadillac Championship.. He described an overwhelming wave of joy and happiness that, at least at the time of speaking, wasn’t fading.. In his words. the welcome he’s received—from people showing up to congratulate him to the support among players. caddies. and staff—has stood out as a lasting part of the experience.
For a golfer newly established as a PGA Tour member. the unusual mix of pressure and momentum may be the real test.. Alex made it clear that even with everything “secured. ” the expectation to compete doesn’t disappear. and he still expects to face bad shots and frustrations like any other player.. Yet his results—starting from his Zurich win and carrying through his early PGA Tour stretch—are the reason the Sunday question keeps coming: is this the beginning of a longer run. or another short burst in a whirlwind year?
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