Will Zalatoris came up short again yesterday at the U.S. Open, as he finished second for the third time in a major. But once again his finish wasn’t about what he didn’t do but what about what one of his fellow competitors did do.
What I’m talking about, of course, is the fairway bunker shot that Matt Fitzpatrick hit on the 18th hole on Sunday that landed on the green and led to an easy two-putt and the championship after Zalatoris just missed his birdie putt which would have sent things to a playoff.
Fitzpatrick hooked his drive into the bunker on 18 and it felt like a bogey was likely in play. But then he hit one of the most incredible shots in U.S. Open history:
This shot by Matt Fitzpatrick 🤩
Looking to close it out on the green now. pic.twitter.com/sdQ4LDf8jA
— Covers (@Covers) June 19, 2022
That was so, so good.
Zalatoris had the perfect breakdown of it:
"It was fun. Matt's shot on 18 will be shown probably for the rest of U.S. Open history because that — I walked by it, and I thought that going for it was going to be ballsy, but the fact that he pulled it off and even had a birdie look was just incredible."
Will Zalatoris— Ron Mintz (@MintzGolf) June 20, 2022
Agreed, Will. Agreed.
Twitter was in awe of that shot: