Victory in last November’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, a near win a week ago at PGA Tour HQ and now draining a sensational birdie putt to capture the  Valspar Championship.

With the Masters now just a couple of week’s away, there’s probably three other players also headed to Augusta National than a better past few months than Fitzgerald.’

Let’s hear from ‘Fitz’ after his third PGA Tour success and the 12th success in his already illustrious pro career.

DISCOVERS A ‘MISSING LINK’ ….

Says @MattFitz94 @Workday @RalphLauren & brilliant newly crowned @ValsparChamp

As he now heads @TheMasters

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GolfByTourMiss asked:

You mentioned Dubai last year, where you won the DP World Tour Championship. This is your third win on the PGA TOUR and you put yourself in contention of course last week at Sawgrass. What is it about your game you feel that has given you this opportunity to win?

MATT FITZPATRICK: There’s a big difference in my approach play. My irons are just so much better. Just better control, better distance control, better accuracy left-to-right. Hitting the shape that I want to hit.

Me and Mark Blackburn had a great session last Thursday afternoon after the round, a really, really good session that felt like really, really helped me.

It’s made a big difference over the last seven rounds of golf I’ve played. I hit my irons really well. I know going into today I think I was first in approach play for the first three rounds.

I don’t know where I ended up finishing, but that’s a big difference from where I’ve come from in the past. I always felt like short game’s been good enough, felt like my driving’s always been good enough and putting’s been good enough.

My approach play always felt like it was the missing link. So far this year it’s been really good and last year it was really good as well. So just about continuing that and keep improving as much as I can and giving myself more opportunities.

Final-Round Notes – Sunday, March 22, 2026

Weather: Sunny and warm. High of 74. Wind W 5-10 mph.

Final Leaderboard

 Matt Fitzpatrick (1^st/-11)

• Birdies the 72^nd hole to win by one stroke for his third PGA TOUR title in his 183^rd start at 31 years, 6 months, 21 days
• Before the final round, had never birdied the 18^th hole at this event in 11 previous rounds
• (PGA TOUR wins: 2022 U.S. Open, 2023 RBC Heritage, 2026 Valspar Championship)
• Wins 500 FedExCup points to move from No. 8 to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings
• Only player to shoot four rounds in the 60s this week; makes four bogeys for the week, fewest of any player in the field
• Bogey-free for his last 36 holes; third winner of this event to record a bogey-free final round (2012 Luke Donald, 2013 Kevin Streelman)
• Finished runner-up at last week’s PLAYERS Championship, bogeying the final hole to lose to Cameron Young by one stroke; last player to finish runner-up then win the following week: Davis Thompson (2024 Rocket Classic/T2, 2024 John Deere Classic/Won)
• Joins Luke Donald (2012) and Paul Casey (2018, 2019) as players from England to win the Valspar Championship; 11^th international player to win this event
• Last major champion to win the Valspar Championship: 2011 Masters Tournament winner Charl Schwartzel (2016)
• Four starts at the Valspar Championship: MC/2018, T5/2022, MC/2023, Won/2026
• Made seven cuts in seven starts on the PGA TOUR this season, with three top-10 results (9^th/WM Phoenix Open, 2^nd/THE PLAYERS Championship, Won/Valspar Championship)
• Ranks No. 1 in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green for the week (11.616) and No. 1 in Scrambling (17 of 20)

Miscellaneous Notes

• David Lipsky (2^nd/-10) was seeking his first PGA TOUR title in his 145^th start; six players have earned their first TOUR victory at the Valspar Championship (most recent: Taylor Moore/2023); moves to No. 1 in the Aon Swing 5
• Two-time DP World Tour winner Jordan Smith (3^rd/-9) began the final round seven strokes off the lead; largest come-from-behind to win the Valspar Championship: 5; PGA TOUR rookie records his best PGA TOUR finish in 25 starts
• Xander Schauffele (T4/-8) completed his final round at 2:50 p.m. ET, an hour after the final pairing teed off for the final round; with a 6-under 65, finished 8-under, just one stroke back of the leaders as they made the turn and three strokes back after 72 holes; began the round with four consecutive birdies, tying his most consecutive birdies or better to open a round in his PGA TOUR career (2018 Charles Schwab Challenge/R1/Nos. 1-4) before carding his lone bogey of the day with a three-putt from 13 feet, 1 inch at the par-5 fifth hole
• Three-time DP World Tour winner Marco Penge (T4/-8) posts second top-five result in 13 starts on TOUR (T2/2025 Genesis Scottish Open); was seeking his first PGA TOUR title in his Valspar Championship debut while trying to become the first PGA TOUR rookie to win since Michael Brennan (2025 Bank of Utah Championship)
• 54-hole leader Sungjae Im (T4/-8) cards 3-over 74 to finish three strokes back; no player who has held a 54-hole lead/co-lead during the four Florida Swing tournaments this season has gone on to win

• While playing in the final pairing, Brandt Snedeker (T18/-4) cards final-round 5-over 76 while looking for his 10^th PGA TOUR victory