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How switching coaches with his brother Matt led to Alex Fitzpatrick's life changing win at the Zurich Classic, what drives their sibling rivalry outside of golf

Subpar

GOLF.com

Sports, Golf

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode of Subpar, Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz are joined by one of the PGA Tour's newest card holders Alex Fitzpatrick. The winner of the 2026 Zurich Classic breaks down the life altering week alongside his brother in New Orleans, why swapping coaches with Matt has helped them both improve their games and what has led him to top 10 finishes in his first three signature events.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, everyone.

0:11.1

Welcome back to subpar.

0:12.4

Colt Nost Drew Stoltz.

0:14.1

Getting ready to recap the Memorial Tournament,

0:16.1

the 50th playing at Jacks Place.

0:18.5

And what a freaking week that was. J.T. Posting, James Tyree posting. That's right. Friend of the program. Having a pretty terrible year, to be honest, before this week, but he outlasted Ryan Gerard in a playoff in what was, in my opinion, one of the best Sundays we've had on the PGA tour all season. A little five- to, I thought for a while, it was like, we might have a super playoff here coming down the stretch. And it was a nice mix of the leaderboard like JT, who, if you had JT's name on your short list going into the week last week. You didn't, you lie. You're lying. Or you're the smartest person in the world. Like there was really no top 20s on the season.

0:55.3

You look at his stats,

0:56.2

it's all kind of just blah. You're the smartest person in the world. Like there was really no top 20s on the season.

0:55.3

You look at his stats. It's all kind of just blah. I mean, it's not terrible, but it's just not like what the thing that stands out is is putting. He's been one of the best putters on the PJ tour for a while, or I consider him at least that. And it's been not great. It's funny you say that. So I looked it up. So strokes gained putting,

1:10.5

2021, he was second.

1:11.8

Yeah.

1:12.4

And then he went to, I believe,

1:13.6

41st, then 29th, and then down to like 80, then 100, 110. So he's like getting worse pretty much every single year on the PGA tour. He switched putters at Colonial, put in the tailor-made spider, also switched golf balls, which helped him a lot. I guess he was struggling in crosswinds with his irons, but went out there and the first three days, I mean, it was just an absolute joke. Stripe show made everything he looked at, and then the Sunday pressure. I thought he was going to lose it there for a while. And then what a comeback, Bertie, in three of the last five. I got that shot on 18.

1:44.9

Was that a little eight iron in there?

1:46.4

Beautiful.

2:01.2

Right underneath the hole makes that one when he had to make it. I mean, shout out Ryan Gerard, the putt on 17. I was like, that's going to be the one that does it right there. That was wild. He looked good. I was curious to see him down the stretch or a golf course like that.

2:02.0

Everyone sees the strong grip and all these things but just like how that holds up because it's i can get

2:06.1

away from you quick and he i mean dude t shots he hit on 18 coming down the stretch everything he

2:11.6

looked really damn good like the distance is he's hit they're, he's got 144 here to the back left pin.

2:18.6

This is a sand wedge. The clubs he's hitting is, he's hitting wedged from like 170. So we're on the range at Colonial. In Ohio. And Doddy and I are talking to him. And he's like, hey, like, you'll get signals. He goes, they're right. He goes, I hit my iron's crazy far. and I was like, okay, whatever.

2:33.9

He lofted like crazy, but I said, I don't care.

2:36.6

Oh my God, he's sitting two clubs less than most of the guys. It's, it's insane. It's not something you teach. I believe he said, you know, Adam Scott Swing looks like the Mona Lisa. His looks like graffiti on the side of a bridge, which was a great analogy, by the way. I love that. It's not something you would teach, but it's really damn

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