Alex Fitzpatrick's 2023 season was something else. A year ago, the Hallamshire golfer was setting out on the Challenge Tour, a circuit he had never played before, having turned pro just six months previously. Now he has played his way off the second tier in Europe and, thanks to some similarly brilliant play on the DP World Tour, he has a ranking category that will get him into all the big events.
Fitzpatrick first came into most of our consciences when, as a 14-year-old, he was on his brother Matt's bag when they won the US Amateur at Brookline in 2013. He twice played in the Walker Cup and reached as high as fourth in the world as an amateur. Like his older brother, he's as normal and unassuming as anyone in the game, and conversation flows easily.
