Matt Fitzpatrick breaks down the week that was at the U.S. Open and his three PGA Tour victories this season
6/23/202650 min
On this week's episode of Subpar, Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz are joined by 5-time PGA Tour winner Matt Fitzpatrick. The 2022 U.S. Open Champion talks the crowds treatment of Wyndham Clark at Shinnecock Hills, his nerves heading into Sunday at the Zurich Classic and his reaction to slow play during his victory at the Valspar Championship.
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First 90 secondsColt Knost· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to another episode of Sub Par with Colt Knost and Drew Stoltzfus. Please, our good friends over at Zone Nicotine, wanna give a big shout-out to them, and let you know that no one was more zoned in than the 126th United States Open champion, our man Wyndham Clark, who just picked up another one. It wasn't easy, but the man got it done.
Drew Stoltz· Host0:28
You know what kind of a major champion he is now?
Colt Knost· Host0:30
Two-time.
Drew Stoltz· Host0:31
Multi.
Colt Knost· Host0:32
Multi. Okay.
Drew Stoltz· Host0:32
A multi.
Colt Knost· Host0:33
I like that.
Drew Stoltz· Host0:33
Dude, six-shot lead going to the last day. I was sitting there Saturday night with a good friend of ours talking about it, and he asked this question. He's like, "So, what do you think Wyndham thinks on a night like tonight? Is it, 'Hey, I could go out and win by, like, the most, the biggest margin of victory since Tiger at Pebble'? Or is it, 'I could join Greg Norman as, like, the one guy to lose a six-shot lead in the final round of a major championship?'" Through five holes it looked like it was gonna be the second. I mean, it went from six to one quickly. Sam Burns was flying around. The 50-footer he made on eight. The crowd fully against Wyndham the entire time, uh, which was weird to, weird to see, which we'll get into. But, uh, man, you gotta give him credit. Righted the ship. I think the up and down on nine. Nine, 10, 11, 12 was kinda where I thought, all right, he's gonna gain momentum back, calm down. Three-shot lead, just get it to the house, and then [laughs] a lot took place since then. It was a wild ride of a Sunday, man, but what a huge win for him.
Colt Knost· Host1:26
Yeah, I mean, you gotta give him credit. Uh, it, he knew, I'm sure, going into