It has happened before, but not since 1985 when Manuel Ballesteros joined his wee brother, Seve, in the Open Championship field at Royal St George’s alongside another pair of siblings, Tateo and Naomichi Ozaki from Japan. So the sight of Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick and Rasmus and Nicolai Hojgaard in the starting line-up this week is unusual rather than unique.
Last season, one of the shots of the year belonged to Matt Fitzpatrick, whose 9-iron out of a fairway bunker on the 72nd hole at The Country Club sealed an epic US Open win. This season, another Fitzpatrick may have already locked up shot of the year in July – Matt’s brother Alex.