Matt Fitzpatrick wins French Open for fourth title of season
French Open – ultimate spherical
-20 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -17 A Hidalgo (Esp); -15 M Pavon (Fra), T Vaillant (Fra), Okay Reitan (Nor), E Lopez-Chacarra
Selected others: -12 L Aaberg (Swe); -10 E Ferguson (Sco), D Bradbury (Eng); -7 E Molinari (Ita), V Hovland (Nor)
England’s Matt Fitzpatrick secured his fourth title of the season with a three-shot win on the French Open in Paris.
Fitzpatrick carded a one-under-par 70 to carry off the problem of Spain’s Angel Hidalgo at Le Golf National.
The 32-year-old has already gained the Valspar Championship and RBC Heritage titles on the PGA Tour this 12 months, in addition to the Zurich Classic crew occasion in New Orleans alongside youthful brother Alex.
He led by 5 pictures going into the ultimate day, however a run of 12 successive pars allowed the chasing pack to chop that benefit to 2.
However, essential birdies on the thirteenth and fifteenth pushed Fitzpatrick additional clear and even a bogey on the final couldn’t deny him an eleventh European Tour title.
“Delighted to get it over the road, it was positively a battle at the moment,” he stated.
“I did not have my greatest stuff for the primary 12 holes after which managed to seek out a few of my greatest stuff.
“In a approach I used to be fairly fortunate – I left myself in some good spots the place you’ll be able to nonetheless rise up and down from, however I absolutely took benefit of that and did very well.”
Matthieu Pavon shot one of the best spherical of the day, with a seven-under 64 guaranteeing he completed tied for fourth alongside French compatriot Tom Vaillant, Spain’s Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra and Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan.
