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Matt Fitzpatrick could hardly believe what he was watching. 'We were so small and so young!' he exclaimed.
'How on earth did we end up winning? It's a really weird viewing experience.'
It's also one of the best in the long and rich history of the US Amateur Championship. The story of the two brothers, player Matt and caddie Alex, looking like they should be competing in the US Kids Championship; instead, Matt, at the tender age of 18, became the first Englishman in more than a century to win the biggest title in American amateur golf.
'My abiding memory was how relaxed the entire week was,' recalled the Sheffield man, now 27.
Matt Fitzpatrick won the US Amateur Championship as a fresh-faced 18-year-old
His father Russell, brother Alex and mother Sue were all there with him at Brookline
'The whole family was there and it honestly felt more like a holiday than a prestigious competition. I guess in a dream world it would be like that every week but it's hard, as we know, when you're grinding away on the PGA Tour and it's taking your energy away.'
The venue was Brookline, and it comes as no surprise to learn that a local family of members who welcomed them into their home took the engaging brothers under their wing.
Matt has been back on a number of
