Fitzpatrick satisfied with victory on PGA Tour
Fitzpatrick is 28 years old and has been playing professional golf for nine years. Before RBC Heritage 2023, he participated in this tournament seven times, but only achieved the best result of T4, in the opening session of 2016.
"For me, this place has a lot of meaning, through the time I went to the resort as a child to play as an adult. I really love the tournament and the field and always want to win," said Fitzpatrick when finishing round 3.
In the closing round on the morning of April 17, Hanoi time, he reached that goal after a side-hole match with Jordan Spieth because both tied at -17 through four standard rounds.
The first turn at the 18th hole, Spieth had the opportunity to record the crowned birdie in a nearly four-meter putt. However, the ball hit the right rim and fell out.
"If I did that situation 10 times, I would probably put it in eight times," Spieth later expressed resentful.
The second round at the 17th hole, Spieth again missed the chance to win when he put less than three meters from the hole. The ball runs out of power just in front of the right rim of the hole.
Going to the end of the field for the third turn, Fitzpatrick "countered" the second shot, when he used the 9 iron, 186 yards to put the ball up to "hug the flag".
That phase resulted in a birdie while Spieth only kept par.
With this result, Fitzpatrick won the cup with $ 3.6 million, while Spieth received $ 2.18 million. The prize fund last period increased to 20 million USD because the prize was raised to a special category by the PGA Tour. Last year, the regular game, there was an eight million dollar prize fund, of which $1.44 million went to Spieth when he beat Patrick Cantlay by par on the first extra hole, on the 18th hole.
In the final round of RBC Heritage 2023, Cantlay started the last round with Spieth and Fitzpatrick and became a big threat when he reached -16 after 12 holes. But Cantlay dwindled with two bogeys in a row, on holes 13 and 14. Since then, he hasn't missed a hand, scoring two birdies, including the final round to finish -16 and finish third. With this achievement, Cantlay received 1.38 million USD.
The new Fitzpatrick champion liked the RBC Heritage battlefield for the first time "faced", in 2001. That year, he was only six years old, coming to relax with his family.
Harbor Town Golf Links, in addition to golf, also has several green clay tennis courts. This is also where Fitzpatrick entered the sport. "Back then, I wasn't as good at tennis as golf," replied the 2022 US Open major when asked about the relationship between the two subjects.
Over the years, Fitzpatrick has come to Harbor Town Golf Links to compete for RBC Heritage with a clubhead protective bag sewn after the lighthouse near the 18th green. That marine beacon is iconic and has made the course famous in the industry. travel-golf USA.
