It was his first major tournament title for 27-year-old Fitzpatrick. He came in six strokes below the track average at the US Open. ,,There are no words for this. This is what you dream of all your life,” Fitzpatrick said.
Incidentally, he was previously successful on the same track, when he won the amateur championship there in 2013. Only one other golfer ever managed to win both tournaments, the now 82-year-old golfing legend Jack Nicklaus.