Matt Fitzpatrick

Coach Mike Walker reflects on the major winner's relentless desire to improve and the emotions of his Brookline breakthrough.

“Matt is scared of him – or do you call it mutual respect?” Walker says with a laugh. He was always hell bent on one thing and that was getting to the top. Fitzpatrick had been confident enough in his US Open position and mindset to let Walker leave the premises on day three. “We had agreed on a goal for this year of getting to the top 10 in the world. “Let’s just say he made a few grown men cry. “He struggles to take two days off. Key, of course, was that Fitzpatrick, who is more analytical than most of his peers, accepted he needed to find extra yards. One thing we did always think was that, if he was going to win a major, it would probably be the US Open. We felt it really suited his game. “He has worked with Matt Roberts on strength and conditioning for years,” Walker says. Whereas before, as the coach you are always aware of the goals and what they want to achieve but I felt I had my hands tied behind my back a bit. He has done it with a combination of gym training with Matt Roberts and Sasho in the background with his weights [fixed to the end of a practice stick called ‘The Stack]. Yet he needed an extra level — one shown when the Yorkshireman held the US Open trophy aloft at Brookline on Sunday.

The 27-year-old from Sheffield had never won a professional event in the US before seeing off Will Zalatoris at the end of an epic battle at Brookline. A day ...

“All I was thinking about was trying to win,” he said. “It was money being thrown at me and more money than I could comprehend but what was the risk? I just want to take it all in.” “I have struggled with fairway bunkers all year. “It’s way better than I ever expected,” Fitzpatrick said. Key to his achievement was a widely acclaimed bunker shot on the tournament’s 72nd hole.

After notching his first win on the PGA Tour, and a major at that, newly-minted U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick has catapulted into the Official World ...

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The 27-year-old from Sheffield sank a stunning 48-foot birdie putt at the 13th hole to grab a share of the lead.

“He’s hitting the ball really well and has been knocking on the door for a long time. “I feel like I can compete against anyone out here, particularly over the last two years as I’ve got longer. It’s one of the best shots I’ve hit of all time. So hats off to him.” He definitely deserves this win.” There was a big monkey on my back trying to win over here and everyone, all they ever talked about was that. “I guess ability just took over. Hopefully this is the first step in getting even better.” “I walked by it and thought that going for it was going to be ballsy, but the fact that he pulled it off and even had a birdie look was just incredible. “Got a couple of nice breaks on 15 and took advantage of it and that’s what it took in the end,” Fitzpatrick said. At the 15th, Fitzpatrick blasted out of the right rough to just inside 19 feet and rolled in a tension-packed putt to reach 6-under and lead by two thanks to a Zalatoris bogey. “It’s what you grow up dreaming of,” Fitzpatrick said.

US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick says sharing an honour with Jack Nicklaus is "incredible" as he revealed his remarkable bunker shot during the final round ...

I feel like I proved I have the ability to go out there. I pride myself on being a gritty competitor, just wanting to win badly and doing the right things." This year I have been three or four shots back going into the final round and then had a good round to finish in the top 10. If I get a chance to win, I'll go and win. "I have never felt like that. "[Winning the US Open] is incredibly surreal.

English golfer Matt Fitzpatrick had always imagined what winning his first major would feel like, but the reality exceeded all expectations on Sunday as he ...

To share any achievement that he has done is incredible," Fitzpatrick said, beaming. "This is the greatest achievement in my career, ever. Like I say, it's just a really crazy special moment." "I just want to win. "It's amazing. The world No. 18 is only the second player -- and the first non-American -- to win both the US Amateur and US Open at the same venue, having won at The Country Club in 2013.