Just three weeks ago Matthew Fitzpatrick was still rueing a golden missed chance to win a first major title at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills, after narrowly losing out by just two shots. A painful near miss like that can often be a tough one to take, but not one for being knocked down, Fitzpatrick was determined to redeem his misfortune at the next possible occasion.
In the midst of his top three finish at Southern Hills, was the ongoing saga surrounding the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit led by ex-world No. 1 Greg Norman, which had sent the golfing world into disarray after luring some of the PGA Tour’s biggest names in Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson to sign up, thanks to a whole host of mega-money leap in the dark payouts.
Like the rest of the sport’s elite Fitzpatrick was approached by Norman and his team to join the contentious series - which after months of deliberation, eventually kicked off early this month.
