4 min readGurugramMar 29, 2026 05:10 PM IST Alex Fitzpatrick made his professional golf debut two weeks after his brother, Matt, won his first Major at the 2022 US Open. The brothers insist that domestic rivalries are not intense; the requisite maturity to keep their competitive sides in check, has been established over time. Given the circumstances of Matt winning his third PGA Tour title last week though, the assumption that Fitzpatrick would spend most of his career in the shadow of his brother was not entirely off base. On Sunday, he made his first move to step out of it. As he soaked in the praise of the public at the DLF Golf and Country Club, and in the champagne that was popped by members of his team despite his double bogey on the 18th green, when he had a fishy lead, the significance of the moment for the 27-year-old Briton’s career was lost on nobody. Alex winked in from four shots behind with eight birdies from 12 holes to win Indian Open golf, …