{"id":94496,"date":"2023-10-09T21:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94496"},"modified":"2023-10-09T21:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T21:24:52","slug":"matt-fitzpatrick-completes-double-at-alfred-dunhill-links-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/golf\/matt-fitzpatrick-completes-double-at-alfred-dunhill-links-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Fitzpatrick completes double at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ryder Cup hero Matt Fitzpatrick completes memorable double at St Andrews by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the team title with his mum<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matt Fitzpatrick finished 19 under par to take his second title of the year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The tournament was shortened to 54 holes after storms wiped out play\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Matt Fitzpatrick shot a closing 66 at St Andrews to claim the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Monday. In doing so, he also won the team event alongside his mother.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 US Open champion, playing on the back of his contributions to Europe\u2019s Ryder Cup victory, finished 19 under par to take his second title of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was shortened to 54 holes after storms wiped out play over the weekend on the three courses of St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He won by three strokes over Marcus Armitage, Matthew Southgate and defending champion Ryan Fox, while also taking pro-am honours with his mother, Susan.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old said: \u2018It&#8217;s funny really, it was kind of a freewheeling week &#8211; playing with mum and just trying to see what happened. Even with all my wins, aside from a major, you forget about them in the future, and you&#8217;ll always remember the one that you won with your mum, so it doesn&#8217;t get better than that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/21\/76353187-0-image-a-41_1696883338381.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matt Fitzpatrick (above) claimed the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/21\/76353191-0-image-a-42_1696883345570.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 2022 US Open champion also claimed the pro-am honours with his mother, Susan<\/p>\n<p>The win followed Fitzpatrick\u2019s PGA Tour success at the RBC Heritage in April, but was his first on the DP World Tour for two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That it was possible at all owed much to ground staff who somehow made the three courses playable after severe flooding on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick said: \u2018Winning at St Andrews is special &#8211; it&#8217;s just a very special place. We&#8217;ve been coming here for a long, long time as well, and yes, it doesn&#8217;t get better.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/article-12612257\/Ryder-Cup-hero-Matt-Fitzpatrick-completes-memorable-double-St-Andrews-winning-Alfred-Dunhill-Links-Championship-team-title-mum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryder Cup hero Matt Fitzpatrick completes memorable double at St Andrews by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matt Fitzpatrick completes double at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - stopsmokingway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/golf\/matt-fitzpatrick-completes-double-at-alfred-dunhill-links-championship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matt Fitzpatrick completes double at Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - 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