Matt Fitzpatrick has perfect response to USA Ryder Cup fans after PGA Tour victory

Matt Fitzpatrick thoroughly enjoyed silencing a rowdy radical of American play fans aft his playoff triumph implicit World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler astatine the RBC Heritage connected Sunday.

The Englishman began the last circular of the PGA Tour signature lawsuit with a three-shot cushion implicit Scheffler, but arsenic is often the case, the champion subordinate successful the satellite refused to spell away. Fitzpatrick carded his lone bogey of the day connected the 72nd spread to autumn backmost to 18-under and into a playoff against the American, who posted a bogey-free circular of 67 connected Sunday.

Matt Fitzpatrick of England plays from the unsmooth connected the 7th spread during the archetypal circular of the British Open play title astatine the Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Francisco Seco/AP)

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As Fitzpatrick's par putt from conscionable wrong 25 feet slid past the cupful connected the last hole, chants of "USA-USA-USA" broke retired among the assemblage connected Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The 31-year-old is nary alien to proceeding it from American fans, having represented Europe successful the Ryder Cup 4 times.

Fitzpatrick drew thing not lone from his experiences competing successful the Ryder Cup, but besides from winning the biennial lawsuit successful 2023 and 2025, a information helium was definite to punctual folks of aft defeating Scheffler connected the archetypal playoff spread connected Sunday.

Europe's Matthew Fitzpatrick hits from the bunker connected the eighth spread during their singles lucifer connected the Bethpage Black play people astatine the Ryder Cup play tournament, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, successful Farmingdale, New York. (Robert Bukaty/AP)

"Americans are incredibly patriotic, and I deliberation that was amazing," Fitzpatrick said erstwhile asked if helium thought the "USA" chants were strange. "I conjecture the lone contented is they conscionable person shorter memories due to the fact that we won successful October."

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While walking disconnected the 18th greenish aft making a birdie to triumph the playoff, Fitzpatrick enactment his digit to his receptor to playfully taunt the pro-American crowd.

Aside from the Europeans taking down the Americans successful melodramatic fashion, the 2025 Ryder Cup astatine Bethpage Black volition beryllium remembered for the instrumentality acquisition getting retired of hand. Fitzpatrick and his European teammates were berated by fans passim the three-day lawsuit successful New York, and portion the bulk agrees things crossed the enactment astatine the Ryder Cup, it surely wasn't the lawsuit during the closing moments astatine the RBC Heritage.

"No, it didn't get retired of enactment successful presumption of nary 1 was shouting connected backswings oregon thing similar that, which was great. I'm each for it. I emotion the radical -- they're supporting Scottie; that's great," Fitzpatrick explained. "You privation play to person an ambiance successful my opinion. I grew up watching football. I'm paid truthful overmuch wealth to beryllium retired determination successful beforehand of those crowds, having them chanting astatine you each week, it's a large feeling.

"However, there's nary amended feeling than coming retired connected apical against that. There isn't a amended feeling."

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Matt Fitzpatrick of England acknowledges the assemblage connected the 18th greenish during time 1 of The 153rd Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush Golf Club connected July 17, 2025 successful Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Fitzpatrick's triumph connected Sunday marked his 2nd RBC Heritage rubric and his 2nd triumph successful his past 3 starts connected Tour aft winning the Valspar Championship successful March. The Englishman won the RBC Heritage successful 2023 successful a playoff implicit Jordan Spieth.

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