Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick fired four birdies, one bogey and a double bogey at the par-4 12th for a final-round 71 to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with a tournament-record 31-under 257 (previous record of 258 was set by 2023 champions Davis Rileyand Nick Hardy and by both runner-up teams this week).
Their week included a third-round 57, marking the tournament-low 18-hole score in the Four-Ball format; 186 marked the 54-hole Zurich Classic record by one (previous: 187/Patrick Cantlay/Xander Schauffele/2022).
“There isn’t really words for it, to be honest,” said Matt. “You know, it was obviously the goal at the start of the week to having a good week coming off a win last week myself.
“I knew I was going to come here and enjoy this week regardless of the result. I think playing so well gives you that extra confidence to come and really give it a go, so it was nice to kind of feel that mentally and not feel too tired.
“There isn’t really words to describe the moment or the feeling. Yeah, it’s just really special.”
The brothers won in their fourth appearance as a team (T19/2023, T11/2024, MC/2025, 1st/2026) and were the first family members to win the event. They are the first team from England to win the Zurich Classic; Lee Westwood (1998) and Justin Rose (2015) won prior to the team event format.
“I’m still lost for words,” added Alex. “Just an overwhelming emotion of happiness. Like Matt said, at the start of the week it was coming here to be a family and spend time with each other, eat Mr. B’s, and have a great week. To be sitting here now and done what we did, yeah, I’m pretty speechless.”
This was Matt’s fifth career PGA Tour victory in his 186th start at the age of 31 (2022 US Open, 2023 RBC Heritage, 2026 Valspar Championship, 2026 RBC Heritage, 2026 Zurich Classic) and Alex’ first in his 11th start at the age of 27.
Matt is the first player to win in back-to-back events since Scottie Scheffler (2024 Masters Tournament, 2024 RBC Heritage) and the first to win in back-to-back starts since Scheffler at the 2025 Procore Championship and 2026 American Express. He leads the Tour with three wins this season, the first player from England on record with this many.
Matt is now 4-for-6 converting the 54-hole lead/co-lead to victory (2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational/2nd, 2022 US Open/1st, 2023 RBC Heritage/1st, 2023 BMW Championship/T2, 2026 RBC Heritage/1st, 2026 Zurich Classic of New Orleans/1st).
Alex, who secured his first win on the DP World Tour at the 2026 Hero Indian Open (one week after Matt’s Valspar Championship victory), is the first non-member and sponsor exemption to win on Tour since Michael Brennan (2025 Bank of Utah Championship). He earned a PGA Tour card through 2028 and exemptions into the 2026 PGA Championship, 2026 Cadillac Championship, 2026 Truist Championship, 2026 Memorial Tournament, 2026 Travelers Championship, 2027 Players Championship.
In search of their first Tour victory, Kristoffer Reitan/Kris Ventura and Alex Smalley/Hayden Springer all finished T2 for career-best finishes; only Smalley had finished second before (2022 Corales Puntacana Championship, 2023 John Deere Classic).
Zurich ambassador Ben Griffin and teammate Andrew Novak finished T10 in their bid to become the first team to successfully defend their title.
The top five players, not otherwise exempt, who earned the most FedExCup points during the Puerto Rico Open, Valspar Championship, Texas Children’s Houston Open, Valero Texas Open and Zurich Classic of New Orleans have qualified for next week’s Cadillac Championship via the Aon Swing 5: Ricky Castillo, David Lipsky (T26), Matt Wallace (T30), Alex Smalley (T2), Chandler Blanchet.
The Aon Next 10 for the Cadillac Championship was determined by the top 10 FedExCup points earners, not already exempt, through the Zurich Classic of New Orleans: Min Woo Lee, Jake Knapp, Gary Woodland, Nico Echavarria, Ryo Hisatsune, Sahith Theegala (T24), Nicolai Højgaard, Adam Scott, Sudarshan Yellamaraju (34th), Patrick Rodgers.
Zurich Classic of New Orleans format
This was the ninth year the Zurich Classic was played in a two-man team format, which was introduced in 2017 (canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19). Teams played Four-Ball in the first and third rounds, and Foursomes (alternate shot) in the second and final rounds. Each player on the winning team received 400 FedExCup points, $1,372,750 and a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour (through 2028).
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| Pos | Team | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Fitzpatrick / Alex Fitzpatrick | -31 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 71 | 257 |
| T2 | Kristoffer Reitan / Kris Ventura | -30 | 63 | 67 | 63 | 65 | 258 |
| T2 | Alex Smalley / Hayden Springer | -30 | 58 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 258 |
| T4 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen / Jacob Skov Olesen | -28 | 63 | 71 | 60 | 66 | 260 |
| T4 | Ben Martin / Trace Crowe | -28 | 61 | 70 | 63 | 66 | 260 |
| T6 | Billy Horschel / Tom Hoge | -27 | 61 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 261 |
| T6 | Eric ColeHank Lebioda | -27 | 60 | 70 | 63 | 68 | 261 |
| T6 | Doug Ghim / Jeffrey Kang | -27 | 61 | 69 | 61 | 70 | 261 |
| T6 | Davis Thompson / Austin Eckroat | -27 | 59 | 70 | 61 | 71 | 261 |
| T10 | Matti Schmid / Seamus Power | -26 | 63 | 68 | 64 | 67 | 262 |
| T10 | Ben Griffin / Andrew Novak | -26 | 65 | 69 | 61 | 67 | 262 |
| T10 | Matt McCarty / Mac Meissner | -26 | 61 | 69 | 63 | 69 | 262 |
| T13 | Karl Vilips / Michael Thorbjornsen | -25 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 67 | 263 |
| T13 | Lanto Griffin / Ben Kohles | -25 | 63 | 71 | 60 | 69 | 263 |
| T13 | Sam Stevens / Zach Bauchou | -25 | 60 | 70 | 64 | 69 | 263 |
| T13 | John Parry / Dan Brown | -25 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 263 |
| T17 | Erik van Rooyen / Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -24 | 65 | 68 | 62 | 69 | 264 |
| T17 | Nick Dunlap / Gordon Sargent | -24 | 60 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 264 |
| T17 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart / Davis Chatfield | -24 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 264 |
| T20 | Davis Riley / Nick Hardy | -23 | 63 | 70 | 63 | 69 | 265 |
| T20 | Matthieu Pavon / Martin Couvra | -23 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 68 | 265 |
| T20 | Wyndham Clark / Taylor Moore | -23 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 265 |
| T20 | A.J. Ewart / Casey Jarvis | -23 | 64 | 69 | 61 | 71 | 265 |
| T24 | Aaron Rai / Sahith Theegala | -22 | 62 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 266 |
| T24 | Brice Garnett / Lee Hodges | -22 | 63 | 68 | 62 | 73 | 266 |
| T26 | William Mouw / Takumi Kanaya | -21 | 62 | 71 | 64 | 70 | 267 |
| T26 | Adam Svensson / Adam Hadwin | -21 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 267 |
| T26 | David Lipsky / Rico Hoey | -21 | 63 | 71 | 63 | 70 | 267 |
| T26 | Luke Clanton / Blades Brown | -21 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 69 | 267 |
| T30 | Matt Wallace / Marco Penge | -20 | 64 | 69 | 63 | 72 | 268 |
| T30 | Keith Mitchell / Brandt Snedeker | -20 | 63 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 268 |
| T32 | Max McGreevy / Kevin Roy | -19 | 64 | 70 | 64 | 71 | 269 |
| T32 | Chad Ramey / Justin Lower | -19 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 70 | 269 |
| 34 | Ryan Gerard / Sudarshan Yellamaraju | -17 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 271 |
| 35 | Chandler Phillips / Carson Young | -16 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 272 |
| CUT | Harry Higgs / Jeremy Paul | -9 | 66 | 69 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Vince Whaley / Greyson Sigg | -9 | 63 | 72 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Brooks Koepka / Shane Lowry | -9 | 66 | 69 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Trey Mullinax / David Skinns | -9 | 63 | 72 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Scott Piercy / Taylor Montgomery | -9 | 66 | 69 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Chandler Blanchet / John VanDerLaan | -9 | 67 | 68 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Tony Finau / Max Greyserman | -9 | 67 | 68 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Rafael Campos / Alejandro Tosti | -9 | 67 | 68 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Zac Blair / Patrick Fishburn | -9 | 63 | 72 | - | - | 135 |
| CUT | Luke List / Henrik Norlander | -8 | 64 | 72 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Andrew Putnam / Austin Smotherman | -8 | 66 | 70 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Cam Davis / Geoff Ogilvy | -8 | 66 | 70 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Dylan Wu / Zecheng Dou | -8 | 64 | 72 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati / Russell Knox | -8 | 65 | 71 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Austin Cook / Jason Dufner | -8 | 67 | 69 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Beau Hossler / Sam Ryder | -8 | 63 | 73 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard / Ryan Brehm | -8 | 65 | 71 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Michael Brennan / Johnny Keefer | -8 | 61 | 75 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith / Mackenzie Hughes | -8 | 62 | 74 | - | - | 136 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk / Tyler Duncan | -7 | 67 | 70 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger / Jackson Suber | -7 | 61 | 76 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Haotong Li / Jordan Smith | -7 | 67 | 70 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas / Marcelo Rozo | -7 | 66 | 71 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Will Gordon / Paul Peterson | -7 | 65 | 72 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Pontus Nyholm / Jesper Svensson | -7 | 61 | 76 | - | - | 137 |
| CUT | Christo Lamprecht / Neal Shipley | -6 | 67 | 71 | - | - | 138 |
| CUT | Joel Dahmen / Kevin Streelman | -5 | 64 | 75 | - | - | 139 |
| CUT | Kevin Yu / Tom Kim | -4 | 66 | 74 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | James Hahn / Kyle Stanley | -4 | 64 | 76 | - | - | 140 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt / Robert Streb | -3 | 66 | 75 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Keita Nakajima / Kensei Hirata | -3 | 68 | 73 | - | - | 141 |
| CUT | Garrick Higgo / Matt Kuchar | -2 | 65 | 77 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ryan Palmer / Chan Kim | -2 | 67 | 75 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ben Silverman / Cameron Champ | -2 | 64 | 78 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman / Nick Watney | -2 | 67 | 75 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Danny Walker / Jimmy Stanger | -2 | 66 | 76 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Chris Kirk / Patton Kizzire | -1 | 72 | 71 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd / Chez Reavie | -1 | 63 | 80 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III / Noah Goodwin | +1 | 67 | 78 | - | - | 145 |
