{"id":465575,"date":"2022-06-20T06:35:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T03:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-caddie-unbelievable-first-major\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T06:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T03:35:52","slug":"matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-caddie-unbelievable-first-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-caddie-unbelievable-first-major\/","title":{"rendered":"#Matt Fitzpatrick delivers caddie &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; first major"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291ca097d70\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a291ca097d70\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/matt-fitzpatrick-delivers-caddie-unbelievable-first-major\/#%E2%80%9CMatt_Fitzpatrick_delivers_caddie_%E2%80%98unbelievable_first_major%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Matt Fitzpatrick delivers caddie &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; first major&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMatt_Fitzpatrick_delivers_caddie_%E2%80%98unbelievable_first_major%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Matt Fitzpatrick delivers caddie &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; first major&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>BROOKLINE, Mass. \u2014 A cardinal rule in golf says you never root for an opponent to miss a putt. So on the 18th green at the U.S. Open on Sunday, Matt Fitzpatrick\u2019s caddie was doing his damnedest not to root for Will Zalatoris to miss his attempt at a birdie that would have forced a playoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Billy Foster confessed that it wasn\u2019t easy. He\u2019s been caddying for four decades, you see, and he had never won a major championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Zalatoris went slightly wide left, Foster admitted it was \u201ca big relief to see it miss.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How big?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a gorilla jump off my back,\u201d he told The Post at the end of the championship ceremony on the 18th green. \u201cNot a monkey, a gorilla.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foster was standing near his man\u2019s bag while the 27-year-old Englishman, Fitzpatrick, was holding the U.S. Open trophy nearby. As the 2013 U.S. Amateur champ at The Country Club, Fitzpatrick joined Jack Nicklaus as the only men to win the Amateur and the U.S. Open on the same course.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Billy Foster, left, reacts with Matt Fitzpatrick after they win the U.S. Open.\" class=\"wp-image-22726672\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403913944.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Billy Foster, left, reacts with Matt Fitzpatrick after they win the U.S. Open. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And yet the first-time major winner almost seemed more taken by his caddie\u2019s breakthrough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means the world to Billy,\u201d Fitzpatrick said. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how much it means to Billy. It\u2019s unbelievable. I know it\u2019s something he\u2019s wanted for a long, long, long time. To do it today is incredible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Foster had worked for Seve Ballesteros, Darren Clarke, Thomas Bjorn, and Lee Westwood, who split with his longtime caddie in 2018, leading to Foster\u2019s partnership with Fitzpatrick. Asked by The Post to name his major championship near-misses that hurt the most, Foster cited Bjorn\u2019s bunker disaster on the 16th hole of the Open Championship in 2013, when the leader gifted the Claret Jug to Ben Curtis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe left it in that bunker a few times and that really broke my heart,\u201d Foster said. \u201cWesty went close on numerous occasions, like when Phil [Mickelson] beat Lee at the Masters in 2010, and then Lee\u2019s loss at Turnberry in 2009, when he was one shot out of the Tom Watson and Stewart Cink playoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been caddying for 40 years, so this is just one massive relief to be quite honest.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF_-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Billy Foster\" class=\"wp-image-22726673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF_-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF_-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF_-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GOLF_-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Billy Foster had never won a major before. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For a while Sunday, Foster thought he had very little chance of feeling end<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> relief at the same course where he\u2019d caddied for Clarke in Europe\u2019s stunning Ryder Cup loss in 1999.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable golf course, and you\u2019ve got to think on every shot,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s very mentally draining. \u2026 Matthew is a great putter, and he didn\u2019t putt very well today. He holed an absolute bomb on 13, but up until then he missed three or four five-footers, which is not like him. And I thought it was slipping away when we went two behind.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Billy Foster has been caddying for four decades without winning a major. When Zalatoris missed to give Matt Fitzpatrick the W at the U.S. Open, Foster told The Post: &#8220;I had a gorilla jump off me back. Not a monkey, but a gorilla.&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q0e17ptj4s\">https:\/\/t.co\/q0e17ptj4s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian O&#8217;Connor (@Ian_OConnor) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ian_OConnor\/status\/1538674617023401985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>But Fitzpatrick fought back and regained his lead with his birdies on 13 and 15. Ahead by one stroke on the 18th tee, Fitzpatrick compromised his chances by putting his tee shot in a perilous bunker on the left. Foster offered him extensive counsel on the second shot, standing behind the bunker and pointing out a target for his man to aim at.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lip in front of him, so I wanted him to try to go left and cut it in,\u201d the caddie said. \u201cI was just getting a line behind that green that was going to miss the mound in front of him, and I picked out a tree that was 5 yards inside the left of the green, and just cut it off the tree. And he hit a wonderful shot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403911566.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Billy Foster, right, and Matt Fitzpatrick hold up the U.S. Open trophy.\" class=\"wp-image-22726668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403911566.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403911566.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403911566.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/1403911566.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Billy Foster, right, and Matt Fitzpatrick hold up the U.S. Open trophy. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fitzpatrick\u2019s sweet nine-iron out of the sand gave him the easiest of two-putt pars, and then he waited for Zalatoris to make or miss. After the miss, Foster lowered his head and grabbed his cap while his player looked at him with hand on hip. The emotional caddie tugged his cap over his face, then Fitzpatrick <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roached, wrapped his right arm around him, shouted something in his ear, and laughed. Foster pulled off his cap, and the caddie and player embraced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Foster would grab his head with both hands in disbelief. He would kiss the flag, remove the stick from the cup, and survey it with great affection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That major-championship gorilla would have to find a new home on a different back.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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