PALM HARBOR, Fla. – When Alex Fitzpatrick was 13 years old, he caddied for his brother, Matthew, at the U.S. Amateur. Young Alex still remembers the prize that he received for big bro winning the Havemeyer Trophy.
“My goal for the week was winning an iPhone off my dad, who promised me, if we won the tournament,” Alex recalled. “Obviously he never expected (us) to.”
In a that was then, this is now moment, big bro Matt is ranked 26th in the world and Alex, a 23-year-old senior at Wake Forest, is set to make his PGA Tour debut this week at the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course. He earned an exemption into the field for winning the Valspar Collegiate Invitational last year. It marks the first time the two brothers have competed in the same tournament.
