Matt Fitzpatrick says how he feels about crowd conduct during playoff with Scottie Scheffler

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“It was literally everything I had, and I absolutely flushed the life out of it, and, for it to finish there, in a way, I actually thought it was a bit closer because it was kind of such a high shot, and yeah, it was an unbelievable shot.

“Obviously, the crowd were all team Scheffler. They had every right to be, they had every right to be, but it was a very, very sweet finish, yeah.”

Fair play to Matt Fitzpatrick. That second shot he hit into the final green on the first playoff hole was a truly stunning display of courage and, more importantly, execution.

How Matt Fitzpatrick felt when Scottie Scheffler forced the playoff

Fitzpatrick was asked how he felt after making a bogey on the final hole of regulation play at Harbour Town on Sunday.

“My back was against the wall there. It’s easy to get really deflated,“ the Englishman admitted.

“I got into that playoff and I felt like I was swinging it well.

“I didn’t really feel like I played myself out of the tournament.

“I felt Scottie played well in those, you know, last six, seven holes and I kind of hung in there and just didn’t really quite get anything going.

“But yeah, I wanted to win that playoff so badly.“