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Which says all you need to know about Matt Fitzpatrick’s playoff victory over Scheffler on Sunday at the RBC Heritage.

After flubbing a chip shot on the 72nd hole that enabled Scheffler to complete a rally from three shots down with four to play, Fitzpatrick collected himself to deliver an epic 4-iron that set up a winning 13-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole for his second win in five weeks and second victory at Harbour Town Golf Links.

Fitzpatrick also won the signature event in Hilton Head, S.C., in 2023, making him the first foreign-born player to win the event twice. He is the second player, after Chris Gotterup, with two PGA Tour titles this season after a victory last month at the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida. He earned $3.6 million with his fourth career tour victory.

“It means the world. It means the world,” Fitzpatrick repeated when asked about winning a second time at a place where he used to visit with his parents and brother for vacations. “This is a tournament I wanted to win growing up, arguably more than any of the majors before I understood about the game. To win it twice means the world. To go out today and go toe-to-toe with Scottie and get over the line there on the 73rd [hole] is special.”

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Scheffler was relegated to runner-up behind a European player for the second week in a row after losing by a stroke to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Yet again the talented Texan, who suffered only three bogeys all week, was forced to embark on a furious weekend rally to get into contention only to come up just shy again. Scheffler was 11 under par the final two days, including a closing four-under 67, for an 18-under 266 total. Fitzpatrick shot a final-round 70.

“I think in both weeks I put myself behind the eight-ball going into the weekend and had really nice Saturdays and Sundays in order to get myself into contention,” said Scheffler, who has finished in the top 25 in 29 straight starts. “On Sunday it’s a shot here or there that makes a difference. This was one of those weeks where anytime Fitzy needed something to happen, he made something happen. He definitely earned the win, and he just played great golf.”

He played with resilience. Or, as he said himself, “a lot of grit.”

“I knew Scottie was going to make some birdies down the stretch, and I kind of had to hang in there a little bit,” Fitzpatrick said.

His play of late has been quite impressive considering that his two wins have come after a 72nd hole bogey at the Players Championship relegated him to second place behind Cameron Young. There had to be a feeling of déjà vu at Harbour Town as Scheffler began to surge over the closing holes and the pro-American gallery began pulling for their countryman, a scenario Fitzpatrick encountered playing beside Young at TPC Sawgrass.

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Still clinging to a one-stroke lead, Fitzpatrick missed the green long and right on the par-4 18th hole, but it looked like he might escape when Scheffler missed the green in almost the same spot. Each faced pitch shots of just over 69 feet, and Scheffler, hitting first, coaxed his effort to less than a foot from the hole. Playing quickly, Fitzpatrick, who chips cross-handed, didn’t hit his recovery nearly hard enough, leaving himself a putt of 22 feet for the win. He missed the right-to-left putt on the low side, setting up overtime at the Heritage for the fourth time in five years.

Of course, Fitzpatrick thrives in extra holes at Harbour Town. He defeated another Texas product, Jordan Spieth, in a playoff three years ago when his 9-iron approach into 18 on the third extra hole checked up less than a foot from the cup. This time, the 4-iron he carved into the wind from 204 yards was more impressive. His right hand came off the grip in the follow through, but the ball tracked at the flagstick, landed a few yards in front of the cup and came to rest 13 feet behind it.

He admitted in the aftermath that he pulled that shot slightly.

Scheffler fanned his approach from 186 yards well short of the green but pitched his third to eight feet. He didn’t have to hit again as Fitzpatrick rolled in the left-to-right downhiller for birdie and the title. That’s when Scheffler delivered that knowing look to Scott.

At almost the same time, Fitzpatrick was playfully putting his hand to his ear, listening for the crowd reaction. This time, the former U.S. Open winner sent American fans home disappointed. Sounds were muted along Calibogue Sound.

The man who carries a headcover featuring the iconic red-and-white striped lighthouse behind the 18th green became the 11th player to win the Heritage multiple times.

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“Obviously, absolutely delighted. To do it the way I did was special,” said Fitzpatrick, whose wife Katherine is expecting the couple’s first child in July. “Yeah, it’s tough to put into words. The 18th hole was playing so different today compared to the first three days. It was quite funny that the playoff was just going to keep playing on 18. I was thinking it was going difficult in a way to separate ourselves because it’s such a difficult hole.”

Fitzpatrick also took satisfaction from winning in front of a boisterous crowd pulling for his opponent. That’s something he got a taste of the Ryder Cup last fall in New York.

“It didn’t get out of line in terms of no one was shouting on backswings or anything like that, which was great,” he said. “I’m all for it. I love the people; they’re supporting Scottie. That’s great. You want golf to have an atmosphere, in my opinion. I grew up watching football. I’m paid so much money to be out there in front of those crowds, having them chanting at you every week. It’s great feeling. However, there’s no better feeling than coming out on top against that. There isn’t a better feeling.”

No, there probably isn’t.

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And boy, did it deliver.

Matt Fitzpatrick, a winner at Harbour Town three years ago, held a four-shot lead on the back-nine Sunday and found himself in a playoff with Scottie Scheffler after Fitzpatrick failed to get up and down for par on the 72nd hole. Scheffler birdied Nos. 15 and 16 to head to 18 one back and made par to get into sudden death. But Fitzpatrick, somehow, gathered himself, hit a laser iron approach from 204 to 13 feet in the playoff and made birdie to win this, his second RBC title and second PGA Tour title of the year following the Valspar Championship victory.

Fitzpatrick captured $3.6 million from the overall $20 million purse. He and his wife Katherine are expecting their first child this year. Now Fitzpatrick, who will move to No. 3 in the world, and his brother Alex are going to play together next week at the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

Scheffler will have to wait until another day to collect PGA Tour victory No. 21 and has now finished in second place in back-to-back weeks after being only one behind Rory McIlroy last week at the Masters.

Prize money payout at Harbour Town

WIN: Matt Fitzpatrick, -18/266, $3.6 million

P-2: Scottie Scheffler, -18/266, $2.16 million

3: Si Woo Kim, -16/268, $1.36 million

T-4: Collin Morikawa, -13/271, $823,333.31

T-4: Harris English, -13/271, $823,333.31

T-4: Ludvig Aberg, -13/271, $823,333.31

7: Bud Cauley, -12/272, $665,000

T-8: Rickie Fowler, -11/273, $555,000

T-8: Kurt Kitayama, -11/273, $555,000

T-8: Patrick Cantlay, -11/273, $555,000

T-8: Gary Woodland, -11/273, $555,000

T-12: Keegan Bradley, -10/274, $399,250

T-12: Matt McCarty, -10/274, $399,250

T-12: Xander Schauffele, -10/274, $399,250

T-12: Steven Fisk, -10/274, $399,250

T-16: Jordan Smith, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Maverick McNealy, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Wyndham Clark, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Akshay Bhatia, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Sam Burns, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Ryan Fox, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Patrick Rodgers, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Pierceson Coody, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-16: Andrew Novak, -9/275, $256,694.44

T-25: Michael Kim, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Chris Gotterup, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Sahith Theegala, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: J.J. Spaun, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Russell Henley, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Cameron Young, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Aldrich Potgieter, -8/276, $142,750

T-25: Brian Harman, -8/276, $142,750

T-33: Michael Thorbjornsen, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Ryan Gerard, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Ben Griffin, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Adam Schenk, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Jordan Spieth, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Karl Vilips, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Jacob Bridgeman, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Chandler Blanchet, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-33: Joe Highsmith, -7/277, $92,444.45

T-42: Sepp Straka, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Sungjae Im, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Daniel Berger, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Andrew Putnam, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Michael Brennan, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Shane Lowry, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Robert MacIntyre, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Lucas Glover, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Jason Day, -6/278, $55,300

T-42: Viktor Hovland, -6/278, $55,300

T-52: Garrick Higgo, -5/279, $43,500

T-52: Tommy Fleetwood, -5/279, $43,500

T-52: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, -5/279, $43,500

T-55: Sami Valimaki, -4/280, $39,600

T-55: William Mouw, -4/280, $39,600

T-55: Nicolai Hojgaard, -4/280, $39,600

T-55: Corey Conners, -4/280, $39,600

T-55: Matt Wallace, -4/280, $39,600

T-60: Ricky Castillo, -3/281, $36,500

T-60: J.T. Poston, -3/281, $36,500

T-60: Ryo Hisatsune, -3/281, $36,500

T-60: Nick Taylor, -3/281, $36,500

T-60: Min Woo Lee, -3/281, $36,500

T-65: Denny McCarthy, -2/282, $34,250

T-65: Harry Hall, -2/282, $34,250

T-65: Alex Noren, -2/282, $34,250

T-65: Sam Stevens, -2/282, $34,250

T-69: Max Homa, -1/283, $33,125

T-69: Johnny Keefer, -1/283, $33,125

T-71: Taylor Pendrith, E/284, $32,500

T-71: Tom Hoge, E/284, $32,500

T-71: David Lipsky, E/284, $32,500

T-74: Jhonattan Vegas, +2/286, $31,750

T-74: Austin Smotherman, +2/286, $31,750

T-74: Jake Knapp, +2/286, $31,750

T-77: Justin Thomas, +3/287, $31,000

T-77: Brian Campbell, +3/287, $31,000

T-77: Marco Penge, +3/287, $31,000

80: Billy Horschel, +5/289, $30,500

81: Nico Echavarria, +6/290, $30,250

82: Tony Finau, +11/295, $30,000

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Matt Fitzpatrick could argue that the term “momentum” is a concoction of sportswriters and broadcasters to otherwise explain how an athlete’s brain and body somehow click together in a way that sustains a bit of success.

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“It’s funny,” Fitzpatrick was saying on Saturday at the RBC Heritage. “I remember having a conversation with [well-known coach] Phil Kenyon that effectively momentum doesn’t actually exist. It’s probably psychological, isn’t it.”

Whatever “it” is, the 31-year-old Englishman is experiencing it both this week at Harbour Town and over the last month of the PGA Tour season. Fitzpatrick lost a close battle in the Players Championship, rebounded one week later with a victory in the Valspar, and now he’s the 54-hole leader in a tournament he loves and has already won.

On Saturday, the 2022 U.S. Open champion recovered from a rocky front nine by twice holing out from off the green on his inward route to shoot three-under-par 68. In taking a three-shot lead, he also earned a Sunday pairing with World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who fired the day’s low score of 64 to move up 12 spots.

Fitzpatrick will be trying to win his fourth PGA Tour title and follow up his 2023 playoff victory over Jordan Spieth in the RBC. Scheffler is gunning for tour win No. 21 and his second of the season after opening the year with a victory in The American Express and a runner-up in last week’s Masters.

As usual, the leaderboard for the $20 million tour signature event is tightly packed, with nine players behind Fitzpatrick who are five shots or closer to the lead.

It didn’t look like Fitzpatrick had any shot to get a sizeable lead when he bogeyed two of the first three holes and stood at two over for the round through 8.

“The bogeys that I made today, I didn’t feel like I kind of hit it off the planet and I was scrambling and stuff,” he said. “I just felt that they were holes that I didn’t really make my par on, and I felt like I was making good enough swings to make a turnaround on the back nine. Obviously, some nice momentum with the hole-outs on 14 and 15.”

There, he used it: the word momentum. Fitzpatrick birdied the ninth and 12th and then putted in a 27-footer from off the green at the par-3 14th, followed by a chip-in from 29 feet at 15.

“I guess that is momentum,” he said, “when you’re feeling good with the putter, when you’re feeling good with the driver, with your irons, you make a birdie, you hit it close, the next hole, you’ve got the same number you hit that to, you’re feeling comfortable; that’s the momentum, isn’t it, I guess.”

A year ago at this time, Fitzpatrick was struggling to find the top level of his game. He missed the cut in three of his first five starts and hadn’t notched anything better than T-22 entering Harbour Town. He managed just a T-38 there but found form with a top-10 finish in the PGA Championship and built on that to notch four consecutive top-10s in the middle of the summer.

Asked to compare the 2025 version of himself versus his current mindset, Fitzpatrick said, “Probably just more nervous. I got myself in this position kind of fairly quickly. I was the last group off maybe on the Saturday at the PGA last year, so that’s only a month later than here. …

“Even just being with my psychologist, telling him feelings and thoughts and stuff, it’s been good because it’s new again. It’s probably different for Scottie and Rory, who are in these positions a lot of the weeks of the year and in contention.”

If pressure is a privilege, Fitzpatrick will face loads of it on Sunday in playing alongside Scheffler. The Brit faced some unruly fan abuse at the Players in trying to outduel American Cameron Young, the eventual winner, and because of that, Fitzpatrick was warmly supported in bouncing back to win in the Valspar. Now he’s facing the top player in the world.

But this is, after all, Harbour Town—where the Fitzpatrick family travelled to when Matt was young, and where his pulling on of the victor’s plaid jacket was enormously popular.

“Yeah, they’ve got to support their guy, and that’s totally fine,” Fitzpatrick said. “As long as they don’t shout in my backswing, then they can do whatever they want. But I have a lot of people that support me this week, as well, and just looking forward to it. Scottie is a great guy and looking forward to playing with him tomorrow.”

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