If you’re going to win your first major why not do it on a course you love, and equal history in the process. In winning the U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., last Sunday, England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick joined Nicklaus as the only other male golfer to win the U.S. Amateur Open and U.S. Open at the same course.
Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Amateur Open in Brookline in 2013. In his effort to repeat history last week, he stayed in the same house he had in 2013. He's the first player from outside the U.S. to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur.
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