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Matt Fitzpatrick will be looking to make it win number four of the 2026 PGA Tour season at the Truist Championship this week.
Fitzpatrick has been one of the standout players on the PGA Tour this season, with three wins to his name already.
And the Englishman is one of the favorites to win the Truist Championship at Quail Hollow this week.
However, Matt Fitzpatrick‘s best finish at Quail Hollow in a PGA Tour event was a tie for 35th in 2023.
That said, the 32-year-old Englishman did finish in a tie for eighth in the PGA Championship last year and he is a completely different player now.
He has grown as a competitor and his iron play is far superior now to what it was a few years ago.
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Fitzpatrick is now one of the most clutch players on the PGA Tour – whenever he gets in position to win he doesn’t seem fazed by the occasion one little bit.
His game is definitely conducive to contending once again this week in North Carolina.
Matt Fitzpatrick ‘shocked’ by course conditions ahead of the Truist Championship
Fitzpatrick addressed the media on Tuesday ahead of the Truist Championship.
The Englishman responded when asked to give his verdict on the conditions at Quail Hollow with just two days remaining until the tournament begins.
“Yeah, I feel like it’s obviously different this week compared to the PGA last year,” Fitzpatrick admitted.
“I think with the weather we had last year for the PGA the greens were a little bit softer, the rough was a little bit higher.
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“This week it’s actually the opposite. The greens seem to be very, very firm and the rough’s a little shorter, which is nice.
“Yeah, I’m really kind of shocked at how firm the greens are right now and that’s definitely going to make it a great test.“
Firm and fast conditions should suit Fitzpatrick’s game perfectly, given his exceptional driving and approach play in recent weeks.
Matt Fitzpatrick comments on Quail Hollow as a golf course
Fitzpatrick was asked whether he believes his game is suited to the layout at Quail Hollow.
“I’ll be honest, I don’t really feel like I know this golf course that well,“ he said.
“I mean, I played the PGA in 2017, like a complete blur from what the course is now to then. Like I really don’t remember much at all. I just remember it being very wet that week.
“Then the PGA last year, and I played in what was previously obviously the Wells Fargo here, so these last two times really are the only times that I’m like, okay, it feels fresh and I kind of know my way around really.
“I think there’s a few holes obviously that you kind of have breather holes I feel. Nine is a tough hole, but it’s fairly generous off the tee. Eight is obviously fairly generous as well. 10 is a par-5. 11 is not too bad.
“I feel around there you kind of have a little break in that you’re not worried about a hazard or anything like that. Obviously coming down the stretch there, 14 is a drivable par-four, and there’s water left. So you feel like you got to hit a good shot there and you definitely feel like you have to pick one up.
“15, the par-5 is obviously the same. Then you’re coming into the stretch down the last few. At the PGA I was in contention chipping in on 14 and you kind of are looking at the home stretch and you go, okay, if I can play these next four in somehow get in the house at 2-under, 3-under from there, then you never know where you end up.
“Instead I decided to play it in 3-over, so, yeah, it’s definitely a tough finish.“
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