No player on the PGA Tour has more victories in 2026 than England’s Matt Fitzpatrick.
The 2022 U.S. Open champion has already collected three wins this year, none sweeter than the most recent at the Zurich Classic, where he teamed up with brother Alex one week after winning the RBC Heritage.
Alex earned his PGA Tour card with that team victory and has finished T9 and fourth in his two starts since.
The brothers Fitzpatrick are hot as can be rolling into the City of Brotherly Love.
“Super proud of him for how he's been playing and following up the win at Zurich with two brilliant, brilliant weeks, both at Doral and obviously last week as well,” 31-yeard-old Matt Fitzpatrick said of Alex.
“I think to battle back how he did yesterday after the start was really impressive, and I think he should credit himself because I think in years gone by, probably could have gotten away from him pretty quickly. To be in contention right to the 70th hole was a testament to how far he's come.”
As good as Alex has been, it’s big brother Matt who has been a force lately. A solo second at the Players Championship in March jumpstarted Fitzpatrick’s season. Since then, he’s played five times with three wins.
Matt Fitzpatrick’s game has been solid all-around in 2026. He’s ranked fifth in strokes gained total, third in strokes gained tee-to-green, fifth in strikes gained approach to green, sixth in driving accuracy and seventh in scoring.
All of that will mean a lot at Aronimink.
“I think leading up to The Players, I didn't play very well at Bay Hill. But leading up to that point, I'd start the season pretty well,” Matt Fitzpatrick said. “And obviously I'm massive into the data and whatnot. My tee-to-green numbers were really, really solid at that point. I think I was certainly top 10, maybe, tee-to-green on maybe two of the weeks on the West Coast. Maybe even top 10 or top 5 ball-striking, maybe, I think.
“So I feel like that is a really good sign,” he added. “And I do remember having conversations with my team, sort of like feel like I'm playing well. I'm just not getting anything out of the round. And I wasn't putting very well at the start of the year. It was very, very average, not really making anything. Giving myself chances not making them.
And obviously kind of cashed that all in from THE PLAYERS to, you know, to Zurich. I definitely felt the signs were there. Obviously golf is a very different sport to others. You can certainly have one really good week and then not play well for a while. But I definitely felt there was some good consistency earlier in the season.”
Matt Fitzpatrick was quick to close the door when asked if Aronimink has any similarities to The Country Club in Brookline where he had his U.S. Open triumph. Though the two courses are in the northeast, there’s not much else to compare the two.
“I don't see any similarities this week,” he said. “I would love to say I do. But the course setup already is one thing that -- the greens at Brookline are a little smaller. Much more slope here. The fairway is just fairway and then rough, and Brookline was staggered. I always think -- I'm very biased, but I think that is the best form of setup; that it penalizes wider tee shots but tee shots that would only just miss the fairway aren't really punished.
“Yeah, I don't really see the similarities. But you know, it's a great golf course and it's a demanding golf course, nonetheless, and you have to hit good golf shots,” Fitzpatrick added. “I've enjoyed playing the golf course out there today for sure, and I think that's always a nice feeling to have going into a tournament to be able to feel like, you know, if you get to a hole, and you go, oh, I like the look of this hole, or I feel like I can play this hole well or whatever.”
Since the maiden major victory at The Country Club four years ago, Fitzpatrick has three, top-10 finishes in 14 major starts, including a T8 in the PGA Championship last year at Quail Hollow.
Fitzpatrick, however, believes we’re seeing the best version of him this year.
“2022 was my kind of golden period that I, you know, sort of said for two, three years afterwards, that this was always the best period that I had ever played,” he said. “But obviously the start of this year has definitely eclipsed that because of obviously, 'a' the results, but 'b' the underlying numbers themselves have definitely been better.”