Matt Fitzpatrick made birdie on the 18th hole Sunday to win the Valspar Championship by one shot over David Lipsky. It was his third PGA Tour victory. That\u2019s the only thing that matters to the 31-year-old Englishman.<\/p>\n
But there was a time midway through the final round at Innisbrook Resort where Fitzpatrick felt he was getting out of his rhythm because of the slow pace of play from his playing partner, Adrien Dumont de Chassart.<\/p>\n
NBC Sports\u2019 John Wood reported during the telecast that Fitzpatrick hit his approach shot to the 11th green first even though he was closer. He then walked up to the green and waited for Dumont de Chassart, a 26-year-old from Belgium.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is glacial, to be kind,\u201d Wood said.<\/p>\n
PGA Tour rules official Orlando Pope told NBC Sports that Fitzpatrick told officials he was not pleased with the pace and Dumont de Chassart was issued an official warning after he was timed a short time later.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, that was really frustrating. It was slow today. I felt like there was a lot of stop\/start,\u201d Fitzpatrick said. \u201cYeah, just, you know, just not ready. When you\u2019re not ready to play a golf shot it gets frustrating after a while. Particularly when you\u2019re playing well yourself or you\u2019re in contention or whatever it is. There\u2019s definitely, you know, it definitely knocks you out of your rhythm. Because you hit, you walk to it, you kind of think about it, you hit again, and you go.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely knocked me out of rhythm I felt like for the next two, three holes. I was kind of chasing my tail, because I\u2019m trying to speed up and trying to keep us or get back in position, and at the same time you\u2019re obviously trying to win a golf tournament. So it\u2019s like at that point in the week it\u2019s kind of a hard balance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fitzpatrick gathered himself enough to make birdie on 15 from 30 feet and on 18 from 14 feet to seal the victory, his first since the 2023 RBC Heritage. Dumont de Chassart shot three-over 74 and tied for 26th place.<\/p>\n
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