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Matt Fitzpatrick won the RBC Heritage, defeating Scottie Scheffler in a playoff. His victory has sparked comparisons to Rory McIlroy and raised questions about his ranking among top golfers.
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Matt Fitzpatrick has been compared to Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler after winning the RBC Heritage on Sunday.
Fitzpatrick defeated world number one Scheffler in a playoff at Hilton Head when most would have expected him to lose.
His victory has since raised questions about his ranking among the worldās top golfers, alongside McIlroy and Scheffler.
Golf expert Rex Hoggard has even suggested Fitzpatrick is now the very best player outside of the aforementioned top two.
Fitzpatrick has arguably been the best player on the PGA Tour in 2026, winning at the RBC Heritage and the Valspar Championship.
He also only narrowly missed out on another victory at the Players Championship, losing in a playoff to Cameron Young.
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While he is already a major champion (2022 US Open), it feels as though Fitzpatrick has taken his game to another level.
The Englishmanās performances have catapulted his name into debates with the worldās best golfers, such as McIlroy and Scheffler.
Matt Fitzpatrick won the RBC Heritage by defeating world number one Scottie Scheffler in a playoff.
Matt Fitzpatrick is being compared to Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler following his RBC Heritage victory.
Fitzpatrick's victory at the RBC Heritage has raised questions about his ranking among the world's top golfers.

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Hoggard now believes Fitzpatrick is the clear-cut third-best player on the planet and can go toe-to-toe with the top two.
āAll of a sudden, we talk about this really cool rivalry between Rory and Scottie Scheffler. I donāt know that Fitz is that far out of it,ā he said.
āI think, if you put him under the right golf course, under the right conditions⦠Look at what he did at The Players Championship. And then to bounce back from that, almost completely unscathed, no scar tissue whatsoever.
āHe just realised Cam Young hit the drive of the century on that final hole. He then wins a couple of weeks later, does it again at a Signature Event on an iconic golf course.
āIt is a one, two and three in the game right now. I truly believe that.ā
Hoggardās take on Fitzpatrickās new standing within the game suggests he is better than LIV golfers Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm.
The pundit also ranks the RBC Heritage winner higher than PGA Tour stars Cam Young, Tommy Fleetwood, and Justin Rose.
With that in mind, Fitzpatrick should be one of the leading contenders to win the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club next month.
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