Matt Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open by one stroke over Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris, earning his first Major championship title and first career win on the PGA TOUR.
Entering the week, Fitzpatrick was the second-highest ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking without a win on TOUR.
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Fitzpatrick is the first player to earn his first PGA TOUR win in a Major championship since Danny Willett at the 2016 Masters Tournament and first to do so at the U.S. Open since Graeme McDowell in 2010.
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Fitzpatrick, who won the 2013 U.S. Amateur at The Country Club, is the 13th player to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open (second to do so at the same course, joining Jack Nicklaus at Pebble Beach Golf Links).
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Zalatoris (T2/-5) is the first player to finish runner-up in consecutive Majors since Louis Oosthuizen in 2021 (PGA Championship, U.S. Open).
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Finished runner-up in three of the four Major championships in his career (2021 Masters Tournament, 2022 PGA Championship, 2022 U.S. Open).
He has six top-10s in nine starts in Majors (T6/2020 U.S. Open, 2nd/2021 Masters Tournament, T8/2021 PGA Championship, T6/2022 Masters Tournament, P2/2022 PGA Championship, T2/2022 U.S. Open).
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Is one of two players to finish in the top 10 in the season’s first three Majors (along with Rory McIlroy). Since 2004, eight players have finished in the top-10 in each of the season’s four Majors: Jon Rahm (2021), Brooks Koepka (2019), Jordan Spieth (2015), Rickie Fowler (2014), Tiger Woods (2005), Vijay Singh (2005), Ernie Els (2004) and Phil Mickelson (2004).
This was his third runner-up this season (Farmers Insurance Open, PGA Championship, U.S. Open), tied with Cameron Young and Scottie Scheffler for the most on TOUR.
Scheffler (T2/-5) set the PGA TOUR record for most official money earned in one season ($12,896,849).
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He has 3,459 FedExCup points this season, the second-highest total since the points structure changed in 2009.
Third runner-up this season (Houston Open, Charles Schwab Challenge, U.S. Open), tied with Cameron Young and Will Zalatoris for the most on TOUR.
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Fourth player (eighth instance) since the start of the 2000 season to record four or more wins and three or more runner-up finishes in a season, joining Tiger Woods (4), Phil Mickelson (2) and Jordan Spieth.
