A Bunker Shot For His Brother's Card

A Bunker Shot For His Brother’s Card



Golf is all about pressure. The pressure of your first win. The pressure of a one-shot lead on the 18th at a major. But only one man has faced the pressure of a bunker shot to earn his little brother a PGA Tour card.

2026 Zurich Classic. Matt Fitzpatrick and his younger brother Alex were tied for the lead on the final hole when Alex found the greenside bunker.

A win would earn Alex a two-year PGA Tour card. From 35 yards in the sand, Matt splashed it to within a foot — leaving Alex a tap-in to become a PGA Tour winner and the first brothers ever to win a Tour event. “For me personally, this is just under winning a major.”

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