Matthew Fitzpatrick (winner/-17) defeated Jordan Spieth in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage, earning his second PGA TOUR title in his 122nd career start at the age of 28 years, 7 months, 15 days.
Becomes the third player from England to win on TOUR this season.
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Most winners from England in a single season on record (1983-present)
3, 2022-23 (Justin Rose, Matt Wallace, Matt Fitzpatrick)
3, 2017-18 (Justin Rose, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter)
3, 2010 (Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Lee Westwood)
Is the second player from England to win the RBC Heritage and first since Nick Faldo in 1984.
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Moves from No. 81 to No. 22 in the FedExCup standings.
Moves from No. 16 to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the highest position of his career.
Is 2-for-3 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/2nd, 2022 U.S. Open/Won, 2023 RBC Heritage/Won).
Is the fifth 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the RBC Heritage since 2010 and first since Stewart Cink in 2021.
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Fitzpatrick is has won seven titles on the DP World Tour.
Won the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club, joining Jack Nicklaus as the second male golfer to win a U.S. Open and a U.S. Amateur title (2013) at the same venue.
Jordan Spieth (P2/-17) becomes the first defending champion to lose in a playoff since Xander Schauffele at the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions (defeated Patrick Cantlay in a playoff in 2022).
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Has 18 runner-up finishes on TOUR since the start of the 2013 season, four more than any other player in that span (second-most: 14, Dustin Johnson).
This is his best result in 12 career title defenses on TOUR; falls to 5-4 in playoffs in PGA TOUR career.
Patrick Cantlay (3rd) and Xander Schauffele (4th) both finished in the top five and will defend their title at next week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans.
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The top four players on the leaderboard all entered the week in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking (16/Fitzpatrick, 15/Spieth, 4/Patrick Cantlay, 6/Xander Schauffele).
Taylor Moore (T11) finished the week with 99 putts, the fewest of any player.
World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler finished T11, his 11th consecutive finish of T12 or better.
World No. 1 and FedExCup leader Jon Rahm finished T15 (first player since Spieth in 2015 to play on TOUR the week after winning the Masters Tournament).
