DP World Tour: Alex Fitzpatrick wins first title at Hero Indian Open – a week after brother Matt’s PGA Tour triumph | Golf News
Alex Fitzpatrick clinched his first DP World Tour title with a two-shot victory at the Hero Indian Open – a week after older brother Matt triumphed on the PGA Tour.
They are the first brothers to win in again-to-again weeks throughout the PGA and DP World Tours.
Alex started the ultimate spherical 4 photographs behind defending champion Eugenio Chacarra and that elevated to 6 after 5 holes – earlier than a dramatic turnaround as Fitzpatrick fired and Chacarra imploded.
Fitzpatrick picked up eight birdies in 12 holes from the sixth and took the lead at the fifteenth when his achieve was coupled with Chacarra bagging his fourth of what was six bogeys on the day.
Chacarra recorded blemishes at 16 and 17 as effectively, giving Fitzpatrick a 4-shot lead heading to the final, and though the Englishman went on to double bogey 18, he signed for a three-below 69 and completed on 9 below.
The victory, achieved in Alex’s 87th DP World Tour begin and on a taxing again 9, ensured additional Fitzpatrick success after Matt’s one-shot win at the Valspar Championship in Florida last Sunday.
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Emotional Fitzpatrick to have a good time with glass of cola
Alex Fitzpatrick instructed the DP World Tour: “I’ll see my mother and pop [on Monday] and we’re going to meet my brother in Florida. It has been a good few weeks for the Fitzpatricks.
“I will celebrate with a glass of Coca-Cola, call my friends and family and let it sink in.
“It has been a lot of exhausting work for a very long time and I’ve a lot of individuals to thank for this. I’m over the moon and I’m in all probability going to cry. I’m ecstatic.
“At no point today [did I think I had the win]. I asked my caddie how many putts I had from six feet so I think that says it all.
Fitzpatrick was emotional after breaking his DP World Tour duck at the 87th try
“I am mentally exhausted. It’s a challenge out here and I am happy to come out on top.”
Fitzpatrick pounces as Chacarra fades
Fitzpatrick Jr’s hopes of a maiden title took an early hit when he recorded again-to-again bogeys at three and 4 and sat at two over on the day after 5.
But the 27-12 months-outdated then picked up photographs on three of his subsequent 4 holes earlier than bouncing again from a bogey at the tenth with 5 birdies in seven holes.
Chacarra started his day with a bogey and at any time when he did choose up a shot he gifted it again quickly after as his hopes of going again-to-again on this occasion had been dashed, whereas they then utterly evaporated along with his three dropped photographs on the trot from the fifteenth.
The Madrid-born participant’s three-over 75 left him in outright second on seven below, with England’s Andy Sullivan, France’s Ugo Coussaud and South Africa’s MJ Daffue sharing third place on 5 below par.
The subsequent common DP World Tour occasion is the Volvo China Open in Shanghai from April 23, with the opening main of the season, The Masters at Augusta National from April 9, going down earlier than then.
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