US Open: Matt Fitzpatrick's caddie Billy Foster reflects on winning major a year ago at Brookline - 'Utter relief'

As Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick gears up for the defence of his US Open crown, his caddie Billy Foster looks back on their dramatic US Open victory at Brookline last year — and also the near-misses that preceded — in a new Eurosport documentary that celebrates his epic career on the bag. Foster is one of the most colourful characters in the sport and has worked with some of the game’s biggest names such as Seve Ballesteros, Darren Clarke, Lee Westwood, Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods during a success-laden career that has also included 15 Ryder Cup appearances.

Ad However, he has also suffered a series of agonising near-misses on the sport’s biggest stages in his quest for major glory — a tale of woe that finally came to an end last year. Ryder CupFitzpatrick would welcome Garcia onto Europe's Ryder Cup team — 'I just want to win'29/12/2022 AT 09:53 Speaking in a new Eurosport documentary, Fairway — Billy Foster’s quest for golfing glory, he reflects on his rollercoaster ride of a career and the emotion of that crowd-pleasing major triumph that was four decades in the making.

“I've probably watched it maybe a dozen times now, and I think next time I watch, Zalatoris' putt will go in,” says Foster, recalling the crucial miss by American Will Zalatoris on the final green that confirmed Fitzpatrick’s victory. Foster could only look on as Darren Clarke (The Open, 1997, 2001), Lee Westwood (The Open, 2009, Masters, 2010) and, most memorably, Thomas Bjorn (The Open, 2003) all let great chances to capture a major title slip away and he feared another heart-breaking scenario as last year’s US Open came to a dramatic conclusion.