Matt Fitzpatrick prides himself on clean scorecards.
So, after playing his first 16 holes Saturday at the RBC Heritage in bogey-free 8 under, Fitzpatrick was thrilled with his scrambling ability at Harbour Town’s par-3 17th hole. The Englishman missed the green right, not only short-siding himself to the front hole location but also leaving a bunker in between he the little green he had to work with.
“It was just dead there,” Fitzpatrick said. “There was no shot.”
Only there was.
Fitzpatrick aimed well left of the flag, so far left that his chip positioned him off the green and 24 feet away.