BROOKLINE, Mass. – Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick won the 2022 US golf Open by one shot over world number one Scottie Scheffler and Will Zalatoris to claim his first major title.
Zalatoris, who lost in a three-hole playoff at the PGA Championship last month, missed a birdie putt on hole No. 18 by inches that would have forced another playoff in his quest for a major title.
Instead, Fitzpatrick claimed his first major championship and the $3.15 million prize at a challenging Brookline course. He ended the tournament at 6-under 274 after carding a final-round 68.
World No. 1 and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and Zalatoris tied for second at 5-under 275, while Hideki Matsuyama ended in fourth at 3-under par.
Fitzpatrick sent his drive far right but made an incredible recovery shot, landing on the green and making the ensuing 18-foot putt for birdie.
Zalatoris, meanwhile, found a greenside bunker and ended up bogeying down to 4 under.
Zalatoris bounced back with a birdie at the par-3 16th but couldn’t complete the rally. He finished second for the second straight major after losing a playoff to Justin Thomas at last month’s PGA Championship.
Scheffler charged ahead early with four birdies in his first six holes to take the lead at 6 under, where Fitzpatrick eventually matched him.
But for the second straight day, the Masters champion had trouble after the turn. He bogeyed No. 10 and three-putted for another bogey at No. 11.
Collin Morikawa and Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for fifth at 2-under 278. Denny McCarthy, Adam Hadwin and Keegan Bradley tied for seventh at 1-under 279.
Fitzpatrick, 27, hit 17 greens in regulation. He becomes the first Englishman to win the US Open since Justin Rose at Merion in 2013, the same year Fitzpatrick won the US Amateur at The Country Club.
He also joins Jack Nicklaus as the only player to win both the US Open and Amateur on the same course. Nicklaus won at Pebble Beach in 1961 and 1972.
Several par saves later, Scheffler made a 6-foot birdie putt at No. 17 and got in at 5 under ahead of the final group’s last hole.
