2026 Zurich Classic purse, payouts: Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick hang on to claim title in New Orleans

Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick won the PGA Tour's team event on Sunday in New Orleans. (AP/Matthew Hinton)

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Matt Fitzpatrick has done it again.

Matt, along with his younger brother Alex, held on to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday. It marked Matt’s second straight win, following his playoff victory last week at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina.

The Zurich Classic is the only PGA Tour event that features team golf. The first and third rounds of the tournament followed a best-ball format, while the second and fourth rounds played alternate shot.

It was the third round that the Fitzpatrick brothers took complete advantage of. They posted a tournament-record 15-under on Saturday to grab a four-shot lead over the field. That dropped them to 30-under on the week at the time, which was also a tournament record.

So on Sunday, all they had to do was hold on in the alternate shot format. While their four-shot lead disappeared by the time they reached the final hole — Kristoffer Reitan and Kris Ventura went 7-under on the day to join them at 30-under, and Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer birdied the 18th to do the same — the Fitzpatricks went up-and-down from the bunker on the final hole to seal their win. Matt stuck his shot from the sand just a few inches from the cup, leaving a thrilled Alex with just a tap-in for the victory.

The win marked Matt’s fifth on Tour in his career, and his third already this season. He also won the Valspar Championship, and entered this week at No. 3 in the Official World Golf Rankings behind only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy. He’s now the first Englishman to win three times in a single season on Tour, and the first player to go back-to-back on Tour since Scheffler.