Not many golfers can stare down Scottie Scheffler in the final round of a tournament, but Matt Fitzpatrick is the anomaly. Fitzpatrick, who held off Scheffler and Will Zalatoris by one to win the 2022 US Open at The Country Club, did so again at Harbour Town Golf Links, fending off the world No.1 in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage.
In overtime, Fitzpatrick hit a laser of a 4-iron to 13 feet and won with a walk-off birdie. The club Fitzpatrick used to hit that shot was Ping’s i240 with Ping’s CFS shaft, a club he platoons with his 7-wood and put back into the bag for the final round.
In winning, Fitzpatrick became the 11th multiple winner of the event, joining, among others, Tom Watson, Johnny Miller and Davis Love III, who won the event five times.
Fitzpatrick put on a US Open-like performance today. He rolled in an 11-footer for birdie at the first and a 17-footer for another birdie at the third. From there, Fitzpatrick ground his way to a closing parade of 14 pars and a finishing bogey, including a 17-footer for par at the 11th to keep his momentum intact.
“I feel like it can always change in one shot,” Fitzpatrick said of the concept of momentum after the third round. “Yeah, you’ve got to be on the ball at all times. There’s definitely something in it.”
Fitzpatrick uses a Bettinardi DASS prototype blade. The putter employs a grooved face that is a mirror image of the Yes! Tracy II model he used when he was 16 years old. The Englishman ranked ninth in strokes gained/putting for the week.
Off the tee, Fitzpatrick was solid as well. Although Harbour Town demands a number of fairway woods off the tee, he used his 9-degree Titleist GT3 with a Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 65 TX shaft and the adjustable weight in the slight draw position to rank fourth in strokes gained/off the tee.
Or just the kind of performance you need to go toe-to-toe with Scottie Scheffler and come out on top. Again.
What Matt Fitzpatrick had in the bag to win the 2026 RBC Heritage:
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: Titleist GT3 (Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Orange 65 TX), 9 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35, 15 degrees
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi35, 18 degrees
Irons (4): Ping i240; (5-9): Ping S55
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM10 (48, 52.5, 56, 61.5 degrees)
Putter: Bettinardi DASS Prototype
