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.”