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'I can retire a happy man' - Fitzpatrick savours Brookline success

Matt Fitzpatrick celebrated a dream come true after holding his nerve to win his first major title in the 122nd US Open. Fitzpatrick carded a closing 68 at Brookline to finish six under par, a shot ahead of playing partner Will Zalatoris and world number one Scottie Scheffler. "The feeling's out of this world," the 27-year-old from Sheffield said.

"It is so cliche, but it's stuff you dream of as a kid. To achieve it, I can retire a happy man tomorrow. "It's what you grow up dreaming of winning and I've worked so hard for such a long time.

"I had the big monkey on my back of not winning over here, it's all everybody talked about and to do it in a major, there's nothing better. "I don't know if Jack (Nicklaus) is listening to this but he gave me some abuse at the start of the year, when I won a member-member competition at his club and he said congratulations on finally winning in the United States. "I can go back to him now and say I've won twice." Fitzpatrick can also tell Nicklaus that he and the 18-time major winner now share the distinction of being the only players to have won the US Amateur and US Open on the same course.

Nicklaus achieved the feat at Pebble Beach in 1961 and 1972, while Fitzpatrick won the US Amateur at Brookline in 2013. "Any time you're sharing a record with Jack Nicklaus, it's unbelievable," Fitzpatrick added. "So for me to have that as well is incredible.

"He called me up at the presentation to congratulate me. Coming from someone like that, it means the world." Scheffler and Zalatoris both narrowly missed birdie putts on the 18th to force extra holes, with all three previous US Opens at Brookline having been decided in play-offs. "I battled like crazy," Zalatoris said.

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