Exactly a week on from Matt Fitzpatrick claiming the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship, the Englishman’s younger brother Alex secured his maiden DP World Tour title at the Hero Indian Open.
Fitzpatrick’s margin of victory could have been wider as well given he was leading by four heading down the last thanks to eight birdies in his round, but even a double-bogey on the 72nd hole could do nothing to ruin the party.
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As it was, the Sheffield-born pro signed for a closing 69 (-3) on the brutal DLF Golf & Country Club and walked away with the trophy thanks to his nine-under total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick became the first brothers ever to win on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour in consecutive weeks.
“It’s been a lot of hard work for a long time and there’s a lot of people to thanks for this. Over the moon, I’m probably going to cry” 🥹Alex Fitzpatrick reacts to his maiden DP World Tour title 🎙️#HeroIndianOpen pic.twitter.com/7SLYd2ZcT4March 29, 2026
Reacting to his victory and trying to follow in his brother’s footsteps, Fitzpatrick said afterwards: “It’s great to join my brother Matt as a winner on the DP World Tour.
“It can be hard sometimes when you’re constantly chasing someone’s accolades but luckily it’s my brother, so it’s not horrific.
“It’s extremely nice to join him in the winners’ ranks and hopefully I can continue to push on. I idolize him, so just trying to be like him in every way, so hopefully we can keep doing well.”
Having started four strokes back of defending champion Eugenio Chacarra on Sunday, it certainly did not appear as if it would be Fitzpatrick’s day early on thanks to consecutive bogeys on the third and fourth.
Yet, the former Wake Forest University golfer rallied towards the end of the front side with three birdies as Chacarra continued to tread water.
Fitzpatrick firmly applied pressure via four birdies in five holes as the final group made the turn for home, and bogeys on 15, 16 and…
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