After struggling with shots out of fairway bunkers in earlier rounds of the U.S. Open, Matthew Fitzpatrick pulled off the biggest shot of all when it mattered most on Sunday to secure the biggest win of his career.
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The 27-year-old Englishman stepped up to the final hole at The Country Club outside Boston with a one-shot lead. With the title in his grasp, he drove straight into a left fairway bunker.
Under career-defining pressure, Fitzpatrick produced an approach shot from 161 yards out that was nothing short of magnificent, the ball settling 18 feet from the cup to all but wrap up the victory.
"It's one of the best shots I ever hit, there's no doubt about it," Fitzpatrick told reporters.
Fitzpatrick two-putted for par and then watched as playing partner Will Zalatoris, who needed a birdie to force a playoff, rolled his 14-footer just left of the hole.
When Fitzpatrick's ball landed in the 18th hole bunker, the tension of what had already been a tightly contested back-nine battle ratcheted up several notches. A bogey would have crushed his dreams, given Zalatoris had bombed his drive safely up the fairway.