FITZPATRICK BROTHERS TEAM AGAIN TO COMPETE IN 2026 ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS

Matt is ranked sixth in the world and Alex is ranked sixth in the Road to Dubai standings

 NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 8, 2026)—British brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick, both of them tournament winners in recent weeks, will team up again in  the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this year, announced Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, producer of the tournament.

“The brothers just made history by becoming the first siblings to win on the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour in consecutive weeks,” said Worthy. “In addition, they both have extensive team experience as well. Matt has played for four European Ryder Cup teams, and his younger brother Alex represented the GB&I side in the Walker Cup twice,” Worthy added.

Now ranked sixth in the world, Matt Fitzpatrick has been one of the hottest players on the PGA Tour. He won the Valspar Championship March 19 with a 13-foot birdie putt on the 18^th hole to edge out David Lipsky by a single stroke. He had started the day three strokes behind the lead.

The week before that, he missed winning The Players Championship by a single stroke after starting the final round five strokes behind.

On his part, younger brother Alex Fitzpatrick won his first DP World Tour title on March 28 at the Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour to climb to sixth on the Road to Dubai standings. The top 10 players at the end of the season on the DP World Tour earn PGA Tour cards for the next year.

Matt finished his 2025 season strong, with four top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, highlighted by back-to-back T4 finishes at the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open Championship. That record earned him a captain’s pick on the European Ryder Cup team where he posted a 2-1-1 record for the victorious side at Bethpage Black in New York.

He closed out his 2025 season with a win at the DP World Tour Championship, defeating Rory McIlroy on the first hole of a sudden death playoff. It was Fitzpatrick’s third DP World Championship title.

Matt won the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club, where he also won the 2013 U.S. Amateur. He became only the second player to win both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur on the same course. The first one was Jack Nicklaus. He was also the first English player to win the U.S. Amateur since Harold Hinton in 1911.

He followed that up in 2023 with victories at the RBC Heritage. and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He scored six top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour that season, including a tie for seventh in the year-opening Sentry Tournament of Champions, a tie for second in the BMW Championship and a tie for ninth in the Tour Championship.

In 2024, he posted three top-10s, including a solo fifth in The Players Championship and a tie for fifth in the Memorial Tournament.

He turned professional in 2014 after a year playing collegiately for one semester at Northwestern University. While he was still in college, he became the first amateur since Bobby Jones in 1930 to hold low amateur titles at The Open Championship and U.S. Open at the same time.

He qualified for the European Tour in late 2014, and in June 2015 he finished third in the Lyoness (Austrian)  Open, took second in the Omega European Masters and earned his first victory at the British Masters in October that year.

He went on the win another eight European Tour titles, including the DP World Championship in 2016, 2020 and 2025 and the Omega European Masters in consecutive years 2017-18.

He made the European Ryder Cup teams in 2016, 2020, 2023 and 2025. As an amateur he  played on the Walker Cup team in 2013 when he posted a 3-1 record for the losing GB&I team.

Alex Fitzpatrick, Matt’s younger brother, is enjoying his best season ever on the DP World Tour. In addition to his first DP World Tour win at the Hero Indian Open, he has posted four top-20 finishes, including a tie for sixth in the Joburg Open at the beginning of March. He currently stands sixth in the Road to Dubai European rankings.

Last year, his best finish was a tie for third in the DP World India Championship to go with two other top-10 scores.

He turned pro in 2022. He finished tied for 17^th in The Open Championship 2023, posted a second in the ISPS Handa World Invitational and tied for eighth in the ISPS Handa Australian Open.

Alex played four years for Wake Forest and competed in the Walker Cup for the Great Britain-Ireland team in 2019 and 2021. He was also selected for the Arnold Palmer Cup international team in 2020 and 2021. He was the fourth-ranked amateur in the world before he turned pro.

About Fore!Kids Foundation: 

 Since 1958, the Fore!Kids Foundation has raised money to fund children’s service organizations through golf events like the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and several charitable golf tournaments.

In 2025, the Fore!Kids Foundation generated a record $3.6 million in charitable giving for children’s charities in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metro areas. Charitable contributions have been rising in recent years:

• $3.6 million in 2025
• Over $24.6 million to charities in last 10 years
• Over $55 million to charities since inception

More information at www.zurichgolfclassic.com

 

About the Zurich Classic of New Orleans:

 Zurich Insurance has sponsored the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for 22 years, one of the longest title sponsor relationships on the PGA Tour. The Zurich Classic is the only team tournament on the PGA TOUR season. Since launching the team format in 2017, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has drawn some of the highest-ranking fields for any regular-season tournament on the PGA TOUR.

The Zurich Classic has over a $59 million annual economic impact to the regional economy. With 51 hours of total television coverage on Golf Channel and CBS, a total of 20.94 million viewers tuned in to watch the tournament.

Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans is available across 148 countries and territories via local broadcast partners, and garners $33 million in positive national and international media exposure for both the city and state throughout the year beyond the days of professional competition.

The tournament will be played April 20-26, 2026, at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Purse for 2026 totals a record $9.5 million.

All tickets to the 2026 Zurich Classic will be mobile entry only. Day-specific grounds tickets are only $45. In addition, the Best of the Zurich Class Pass offers a variety of dishes from some of New Orleans most famous restaurants at three locations across the TPC course starting at $185 per day. The Walk-On’s Back Nine Club offers close-up viewing at the 17^th hole in the only two-story, air-conditioned tent on the course. Additional ticket options are available by calling the Tournament Office at 504-342-3000 or online at www.zurichgolfclassic.com