Matt Fitzpatrick: It would be ‘weird’ to be in contention with brother at US PGA
By Scott Hunt, Press Association, Philadelphia
Matt Fitzpatrick admits it would be a “weird feeling” if he and sibling Alex are in contention for this week’s US PGA Championship in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’.
The Sheffield siblings are two of golf’s most in-form players, with Matt, 31, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season – including alongside Alex at the Zurich Classic – as well as finishing runner-up at the Players Championship.
That pairs win in New Orleans secured Alex a two-year tour card, and the 27-year-old backed it up by taking a lead into the final round of last week’s Truist Championship before finishing fourth.
The pair arrive at Aronimink Golf Club in south west Philadelphia gunning for major success and Matt is ready for the moment they come up against each other.
“We have not really been in contention yet together but I would imagine it’s going to be a weird feeling when that time does come,” Matt Fitzpatrick said.
“I’ve been impressed more than anything. Super proud of him for how he’s been playing.
“I’m probably known as Alex’s brother now, as opposed to him being Matt’s brother!
“I love talking about my brother. It’s an amazing position to be in to have that privilege to talk about how well he’s doing. I’d so much rather have these conversations than the opposite of, you know, why is he not playing well and whatnot.”
Alex was 203rd in the world rankings at the end of 2025 but has risen to 83rd ahead of the US PGA Championship.
Matt, meanwhile has long since been an established figure at the top of the game, winning the 2022 US Open and appearing in four Ryder Cups.
Matt says the brothers are very different on and off the course, adding: “He is messy, I would say. We shared a bathroom last week, actually, in the house that we shared, and it was a little bit messier than my side of the bathroom!
“I think he probably wanted to create his own path. He’s not really numbers orientated, I like to know the numbers.
“I personally just think that’s kind of good practice, not being over analytical. I think Alex is kind of definitely more go with the flow.
“He is doing a good job of where he is at the minute.”
Matt is fourth in the world rankings and third in the FedEx Cup standings after the best start to a season of his career.
He beat Scottie Scheffler in a play-off to win the RBC Heritage in April and believes his game is in the best place it has ever been.
“I think 2022 was my kind of golden period that I sort of said for two, three years afterwards that this was always the best period that I had ever played.
“But the start of this year has definitely eclipsed that because of obviously, a, the results, but b, the underlying numbers themselves have definitely been better.
“I’m trying to cherish it (success) as much as possible. It’s all happening very quickly.
“I think in terms of the way the season is, it can be such a blur at times, and I think it is trying to take a step back and kind of remember those moments, even on a week like this.
It’s about thinking those moments, those great times that you’ve had, making sure you remind yourself of those good times.”