Matt Fitzpatrick has done it again.
Matt, along with his younger brother Alex, held on to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday. It marked Matt’s second straight win, following his playoff victory last week at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.
“It means the world, I’m absolutely speechless,” Matt said on CBS. “It was a grind today, and [Alex] was unbelievable. I could not be more proud.”
The Zurich Classic is the only PGA Tour event that features team golf. The first and third rounds of the tournament followed a best-ball format, while the second and fourth rounds played alternate shot.
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It was the third round that the Fitzpatrick brothers took complete advantage of. They posted a tournament-record 15-under on Saturday to grab a four-shot lead over the field. That dropped them to 30-under on the week at the time, which was also a tournament record.
So on Sunday, all they had to do was hold on in the alternate shot format. While their four-shot lead disappeared by the time they reached the final hole — Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura went 7-under on the day to join them at 30-under, and Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer birdied the 18th to do the same — the Fitzpatricks went up-and-down from the bunker on the final hole to seal their win. Matt stuck his shot from the sand just a few inches from the cup, leaving a thrilled Alex with just a tap-in for the victory.
The win marked Matt’s fifth on Tour in his career, and his third already this season. He also won the Valspar Championship, and entered this week at No. 3 in the Official World Golf Rankings behind only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. He’s now the first Englishman to win three times in a single season on Tour, and the first player to go back-to-back on Tour since Scheffler.
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The win was the first of Alex’s PGA Tour career. The 27-year-old entered the week at No. 141 in the world, and he won the Hero Indian Open earlier this season for his inaugural DP World Tour victory. He was playing this week on an exemption, and now has his Tour card secured through 2028.
Here’s a look at how much the Fitzpatricks and the rest of the field earned this week in New Orleans.
2026 Zurich Classic payouts
Note: Each member of the team will receive the payout listed below
1. Matt Fitzpatrick & Alex Fitzpatrick — $1.372 million
T2. Alex Smalley & Hayden Springer, Kristoffer Reitan & Kris Ventura — $463,700
T4. Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson & Jacob Skov Olesen, Ben Martin & Trace Crowe — $288,550
T6. Billy Horschel & Tom Hoge, Eric Cole & Hank Lebioda, Doug Ghim & Jeffrey Kang, Davis Thompson & Austin Eckroat — $187,825
T10. Matti Schmid & Seamus Power, Ben Griffin & Andrew Novak, Matt McCarty & Mac Meissner — $112,557
T13. Karl Vilips & Michael Thorbjornsen, Lanto Griffin & Ben Kohles, Sam Stevens & Zach Bauchou, John Parry & Dan Brown — $69,950
T17. Erik van Rooyen & Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Nick Dunlap & Gordon Sargent, Adrien Dumont de Chassart & Davis Chatfield — $50,667
T20. Davis Riley & Nick Hardy, Matthieu Pavon & Martin Couvra, Wyndham Clark & Taylor Moore, A.J. Ewart & Casey Jarvis — $36,600
T24. Aaron Rai & Sahith Theegala, Brice Garnett & Lee Hodges — $26,050
T26. Willian Mouw & Takumi Kanaya, Adam Svensson & Adam Hadwin, David Lipsky & Rico Hoey, Luke Clanton & Blades Brown — $22,575
T30. Matt Wallace & Marco Penge, Keith Mitchell & Brandt Snedeker — $21,350
T32. Max McGreevy & Kevin Roy, Chad Ramey & Justin Lower — $20,550
34. Ryan Gerard & Sudarshan Yellamaraju — $19,500
35. Chandler Phillips & Carson Young — $19,100
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