Matt Fitzpatrick: It would be ‘weird’ to be in contention with brother at US PGA

Matt Fitzpatrick admits it would be a “weird feeling” if he and sibling Alex are in contention for this week’s US PGA Championship in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’.

The Sheffield siblings are two of golf’s most in-form players, with Matt, 31, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour this season – including alongside Alex at the Zurich Classic – as well as finishing runner-up at the Players Championship.

That pairs win in New Orleans secured Alex a two-year tour card, and the 27-year-old backed it up by taking a lead into the final round of last week’s Truist Championship before finishing fourth.

The pair arrive at Aronimink Golf Club in south west Philadelphia gunning for major success and Matt is ready for the moment they come up against each other.

“We have not really been in contention yet together but I would imagine it’s going to be a weird feeling when that time does come,” Matt Fitzpatrick said.

“I’ve been impressed more than anything. Super proud of him for how he’s been playing.

“I’m probably known as Alex’s brother now, as opposed to him being Matt’s brother!

“I love talking about my brother. It’s an amazing position to be in to have that privilege to talk about how well he’s doing. I’d so much rather have these conversations than the opposite of, you know, why is he not playing well and whatnot.”

Alex was 203rd in the world rankings at the end of 2025 but has risen to 83rd ahead of the US PGA Championship.

Matt, meanwhile has long since been an established figure at the top of the game, winning the 2022 US Open and appearing in four Ryder Cups.

Matt says the brothers are very different on and off the course, adding: “He is messy, I would say. We shared a bathroom last week, actually, in the house that we shared, and