{"id":1245431,"date":"2023-06-16T22:18:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T22:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/matt-fitzpatrick-keeps-us-open-defence-alive-with-first-professional-ace\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:47:26","slug":"matt-fitzpatrick-keeps-us-open-defence-alive-with-first-professional-ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/matt-fitzpatrick-keeps-us-open-defence-alive-with-first-professional-ace\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Fitzpatrick keeps US Open defence alive with first professional ace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending champion Matt Fitzpatrick had more than one reason to celebrate after making his first hole-in-one as a professional in the 123rd US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick aced the 115-yard 15th hole at Los Angeles Country Club on his way to a second round of 70 which looked set to secure his place in the final two rounds on one over par.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As soon as I hit it I thought that it had a good chance of going close,&rdquo; said Fitzpatrick, who was looking down at his club when the ball went in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The rough&rsquo;s covering the hole so you couldn&rsquo;t see it going in any way. My hand was a bit sore afterwards, I&rsquo;ll be honest, after all the high-fiving. But, yeah, it was good.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Talk about a hole in one!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopengolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USOpenGolf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JJVC77Nibc\">pic.twitter.com\/JJVC77Nibc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Fitzpatrick (@MattFitz94) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattFitz94\/status\/1669826061113126914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wish it [the roar] would have been louder. I wish it was a few more people. But, yeah, I&rsquo;m surprised there&rsquo;s not been as many people out as I thought this week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But it was so exciting to see it and first ever professional hole-in-one. Without that I probably wouldn&rsquo;t be here for the weekend. It was needed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fitzpatrick gave back the two shots he gained on the 15th with a double bogey on the 17th and although he birdied the difficult 18th, the 28-year-old from Sheffield could only post eight pars and a bogey on the front nine.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m third last in driving this week, so I feel very lucky to be here,&rdquo; the world number eight added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Image --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"embeddedce84c2c8f8f146d99629298bca4965d0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/06\/16\/ce84c2c8f8f146d99629298bca4965d0.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Matt Fitzpatrick\" data-title=\"US Open Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\" data-credit=\"Lindsey Wasson\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/06\/16\/ce84c2c8f8f146d99629298bca4965d0.jpg?w=320 320w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/06\/16\/ce84c2c8f8f146d99629298bca4965d0.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/content.assets.pressassociation.io\/AP\/2023\/06\/16\/ce84c2c8f8f146d99629298bca4965d0.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\"><figcaption>Matt Fitzpatrick reacts to his tee shot on the second hole during the second round of the US Open (Lindsey Wasson\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Image --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel like every other aspect of my game is pretty decent, just can&rsquo;t get the driver going. I feel like if I get the driver going I can shoot a really good score.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the big issue around this place is you miss the fairway by a yard and you&rsquo;ve got to chip out. I think it&rsquo;s very poor when golf courses are set up like that. You can hit it 40 yards off line and you&rsquo;ve got a lie.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I think there needs to be more done to sort of help more accurate players off the tee. By missing the fairway by a yard you shouldn&rsquo;t have to be chipping it out. If you miss it by 40 you should be having to chip it out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yorkshireman made the third hole-in-one of the week on the 15th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1245432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,24,50],"tags":[96,98,65,88,9635,1473,89,9051,84,90,91,92,94,390],"class_list":["post-1245431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-pga","category-majors","category-us-open-news","tag-california","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-golf-major","tag-golf-news","tag-los-angeles-country-club","tag-matt-fitzpatrick","tag-news","tag-pa-news","tag-pga-tour","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-scores","tag-tournament","tag-us-open"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO 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