Rory McIlroy told Matt Fitzpatrick his hard work had paid off as the two embraced on the 18th green at Brookline following Fitzpatrick's US Open triumph.
Fitzpatrick clinched his first major title at the same Massachusetts course where he won the US Amateur title in 2013. The 27-year-old Englishman even stayed with the same family in Boston as history rhymed nine years on.
