Matt Fitzpatrick earns Tiger Woods comparisons and is tipped for major legacy

Matt Fitzpatrick has been predicted to win many more majors after picking up his first at the US Open on Sunday. The Sheffield star won the US Open in Brookline, Massachusetts, finishing six under par, one shot ahead of Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler who tied for second.

The victory saw the 27-year-old become just the third Englishman in the last 90 years to win the title, after Tony Jacklin in 1970 and Justin Rose in 2013. And after witnessing Fitzpatrick’s success, former European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has tipped the world number 10 to go onto create a major legacy, with his passion for the game mirroring that of icon Tiger Woods.

"There are very few players you see that have that obsession with the game to the extent that Tiger Woods had it and Faldo had it but I see it in this guy as well," the Irishman said, as quoted by the Daily Mail . "Everything about his life revolves around his dedication to the game. I know it’s easy to get giddy over players when they have just won a major but I don’t see Fitz settling for just one, as a lot of guys have done. He won’t rest on his laurels. He’ll be back at it in time for the Open at St Andrews next month.

"Now he has made the breakthrough in the majors at a good age, I see him going on to be one of those guys who wins four or five majors, or maybe even six.” Should Fitzpatrick achieve that number of major victories, he would equal Nick Faldo for the most wins at majors for a British golfer.

The 64-year-old bagged three titles at both The Masters and The Open respectively, and came agonisingly close to winning the US Open in 1988, but lost a playoff round to Curtis Strange. Fitzpatrick became just the second man, after Jack Nicklaus, to win both the US