{"id":568842,"date":"2026-03-29T15:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568842\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:12:08","slug":"emotional-alex-fitzpatrick-reacts-to-winning-hero-indian-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568842\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Alex Fitzpatrick Reacts To Winning Hero Indian Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exactly a week on from Matt Fitzpatrick claiming the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship<\/a>, the Englishman’s younger brother Alex secured his maiden DP World Tour title at the Hero Indian Open.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Fitzpatrick brother<\/a> completed his achievement in dramatic style, too, trailing by as many as six strokes during the final round before reeling roaring back to win by two strokes.<\/p>\n

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Fitzpatrick’s margin of victory could have been wider as well given he was leading by four heading down the last thanks to eight birdies in his round, but even a double-bogey on the 72nd hole could do nothing to ruin the party.<\/p>\n

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As it was, the Sheffield-born pro signed for a closing 69 (-3) on the brutal DLF Golf & Country Club and walked away with the trophy thanks to his nine-under total.<\/p>\n

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick became the first brothers ever to win on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour in consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of hard work for a long time and there\u2019s a lot of people to thanks for this. Over the moon, I\u2019m probably going to cry” \ud83e\udd79Alex Fitzpatrick reacts to his maiden DP World Tour title \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f#HeroIndianOpen pic.twitter.com\/7SLYd2ZcT4March 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Reacting to his victory and trying to follow in his brother’s footsteps, Fitzpatrick said afterwards: “It\u2019s great to join my brother Matt as a winner on the DP World Tour.<\/p>\n

“It can be hard sometimes when you’re constantly chasing someone’s accolades but luckily it’s my brother, so it’s not horrific.<\/p>\n

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“It’s extremely nice to join him in the winners’ ranks and hopefully I can continue to push on. I idolize him, so just trying to be like him in every way, so hopefully we can keep doing well.”<\/p>\n

Having started four strokes back of defending champion Eugenio Chacarra<\/a> on Sunday, it certainly did not appear as if it would be Fitzpatrick’s day early on thanks to consecutive bogeys on the third and fourth.<\/p>\n

Yet, the former Wake Forest University golfer rallied towards the end of the front side with three birdies as Chacarra continued to tread water.<\/p>\n

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Fitzpatrick firmly applied pressure via four birdies in five holes as the final group made the turn for home, and bogeys on 15, 16 and 17 from Chacarra – coupled with gains on the first and last holes in that sequence by the Englishman – saw the tide firmly turned.<\/p>\n

The winning moment saw Fitzpatrick tap in from close range before putting his hands to his face as the emotions flowed.<\/p>\n

In his winner’s press conference, Fitzpatrick referenced how tough he has found tour life since winning the British Challenge on the HotelPlanner Tour in 2023.<\/p>\n

The moment Alex Fitzpatrick claimed his first DP World Tour title with an incredible final round 69 (-3) \ud83d\udc4f#HeroIndianOpen pic.twitter.com\/2aqvvTpJ2kMarch 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

He said: “It feels amazing, I feel a little more composed now than I was on the green. I\u2019ve put in a lot of hard work and had a lot of doubts, I feel like I really stuck with it, especially over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

“I’ve just got a really great team around me, a great bunch of people, so I\u2019m really lucky to be in this situation and I\u2019m over the moon. <\/p>\n

“Hopefully I can continue to push on, I feel like my game’s in a really good spot and I’m super-excited for the rest of the year, there’s a lot of great events to come and a lot of events I’m excited for.”<\/p>\n

Alex and Pete debrief after their first win together\ud83d\udcaaSealing their first win, coming just seven months after starting their partnership \ud83e\udd1d#HeroIndianOpen pic.twitter.com\/4WUlJyHVXAMarch 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year’s winner, Chacarra, wrapped up second on seven-under despite a disappointing final day while South Africa’s MJ Daffue, England’s Andy Sullivan and France’s Ugo Coussaud all shared third on five-under.<\/p>\n

The Scottish pair of Ewen Ferguson and Calum Hill were accompanied by Francesco Molinari on three-under in a tie for sixth, while Scotland’s David Law and Italy’s Matteo Manassero completed the top-10 on two-under.<\/p>\n

There will now be a three-week break on the DP World Tour due to The Masters, and the circuit is set to return with the Volvo China Open on April 23-26.<\/p>\n