With the wind flipping as he made the turn Saturday afternoon at Marco Simone Golf Club, Matthew Fitzpatrick figured he’d have a tough time gaining ground on the leaders.
“The golf course just completely changed,” Fitzpatrick explained. “It was a wind we had not played in all week. To me, I just felt like if I could just hang on and just avoid bogeys, I would put myself in good position.”
He did more than that.
Fitzpatrick went bogey-free on his final nine while adding three birdies, and his third-round, 2-under 69 gave him a one-shot lead entering Sunday’s final round of the Italian Open.