Alex Fitzpatrick Turns Professional

The 23-year-old turns professional after a hugely successful amateur career

Alex Fitzpatrick hits a tee shot
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Just a few months after making his PGA Tour debut at the Valspar Championship, Alex Fitzpatrick has turned professional, with the 23-year-old releasing a statement on his social media platforms.

Captioned: "Extremely excited to announce that I am turning professional. Thank you to my family, friends and people who have supported me along the way and looking forward to getting it going in the professional ranks and seeing where the next chapter takes me." Alex will now look to kickstart his career in the professional ranks.

Brother to Matt Fitzpatrick, Alex turns pro ranked as the sixth best amateur in the world, with the 23-year-old's best ever position in the world amateur rankings being fourth. Along with a number of collegiate victories, he has also featured in the Walker Cup in 2019 and 2021.

Having previously caddied for his brother at the 2013 US Amateur, an event that Matt won, Alex stated at the Valspar Championship: “I personally feel like I've done and experienced a lot of the amateur game and feel like I'm pretty close to making the step to professional golf.” Now, only a few months on, he has made the step to the professional game.

The move comes just a month after the 23-year-old reportedly turned down at least $2 million to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series, with his brother stating after the news: “He’ll turn pro when it’s the right time for him and, if his ranking improves just a bit in these next weeks on the college circuit, he will go straight to the Korn Ferry Tour. I’m glad about that. It would have been weird if he was on that league, after I’d turned it down.”

Many big names in the game have commented on the news, with Thomas Bjorn stating: Good luck. Now I better stop calling @MattFitz94 for kid", whilst Rick Shiels commented "Congrats pal."

Matt Cradock
Staff Writer

Matt joined Golf Monthly in February 2021 covering weekend news, before also transitioning to equipment and testing. After freelancing for Golf Monthly and The PGA for 18 months, he was offered a full-time position at the company in October 2022 and continues to cover weekend news and social media, as well as help look after Golf Monthly’s many buyers’ guides and equipment reviews.


Taking up the game when he was just seven years of age, Matt made it into his county squad just a year later and continues to play the game at a high standard, with a handicap of around 2-4. To date, his best round came in 2016, where he shot a six-under-par 66 having been seven-under through nine holes. He currently plays at Witney Lakes in Oxfordshire and his favourite player is Rory McIlroy, despite nearly being struck by his second shot at the 17th during the 2015 BMW PGA Championship.


Matt’s current What’s In The Bag?

Driver: Honma TW747, 8.75°

Fairway Wood: TaylorMade Rocketballz Stage 2, 15°, 19°

Hybrid: Adams Super Hybrid, 22°

Irons: Mizuno MP54, 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Tour Satin, 50°, 56°, 60°

Putter: Cleveland TFI 2135 Satin Cero

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x