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England’s Matt Fitzpatrick wins 2022 U.S. Open by 1 stroke for first major title

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Matt Fitzpatrick of England is a champion again at The Country Club, this time with the grandest of trophies.

A U.S. Amateur champion in 2013. The U.S. Open champion Sunday.

In a three-way battle at Brookline that came down to the wire, Fitzpatrick seized control with a great break and an even better shot on the 15th hole for a two-shot swing. He was even more clutch from a fairway bunker on the 18th that set up par for a 2-under 68.

Victory was not secure until Will Zalatoris, who showed amazing fight back from every mistake, dropped to his knees when his 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th just slid by the left side of the cup. Zalatoris was a runner-up in the second straight major.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler never recovered from back-to-back bogeys to start the back nine. He had a 25-foot birdie chance on the 18th that just missed and left him one behind.

Fitzpatrick hit 17 greens in regulation. He is the second player from England over the past 50 years to win the U.S. Open, joining Justin Rose in 2013. At 27, Fitzpatrick is also the youngest player from England to win a major since Tony Jacklin at the 1970 U.S. Open.

Sunday marked Fitzpatrick’s first career major victory and also his first career PGA Tour victory, the first player since Graeme McDowell in 2010 to earn his first tour win at the U.S. Open.

Fitzpatrick also became the 13th male golfer overall to win both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S. Open in their career. He is the second man to win a U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open on the same course, joining Jack Nicklaus who turned the trick at Pebble Beach. Juli Inkster won the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Open at Prairie Dunes.

Along with the $3.15 million in prize money, Fitzpatrick had that gold Jack Nicklaus medal draped around his neck.

Fitzpatrick, who briefly played at Northwestern before turning pro, won for the eighth time worldwide, and this was his first in America — at least a tournament everyone knows about.

Fitzpatrick said he won the member-member at The Bear’s Club in Florida at the start of the year, the course Nicklaus built.

“He gave me a bit of abuse at the start of the year. He said, ‘Finally. Congratulations for winning in the States,'” Fitzpatrick said.

And then slightly lifting the trophy, Fitzpatrick sent a fun message to Nicklaus: “Jack, I won a second time.”

SOURCE: ESPN

M/I Homes plans subdivision on Foxfire Golf Course

Jim Weiker

The Columbus Dispatch

The proposed layout of M/I Homes development on former Foxfire Golf Course, with Rt. 104 on the east, or right side of this image.

M/I Homes is again hitting the links.

For the third time in five years, the Columbus-based homebuilder is turning a golf course into a subdivision.

M/I Homes has bought the former Foxfire Golf Course in Commercial Point with plans to build 416 homes on the 154-acre site. Homeowners in the community, to be called the Homes at Foxfire, will have access to the adjacent Players Club at Foxfire golf course, including its pool, clubhouse and playground.

This is the third time M/I Homes has converted a golf course into a community, following its acquisition of Minerva Lake Golf Club (now M/I’s Village of Minerva Park) and the Riviera Golf Club (now Riviera Regency).

“The pros of working in golf courses is they have really nice topography, landscaping; they’re very open. You can work with the natural beauty and features of the ground,” said Josh Barkan, vice president of land for the Columbus division of M/I Homes. “The other nice thing about Minerva and Riviera and Foxfire is their proximity to services.”

M/I Home's Foxfire community will include its Smart Series of homes similar to those shown here.

M/I plans to offer seven of its “Smart Series” of homes in Foxfire — four two-story models, from 1,800 to 2,600 square feet and three ranch models ranging from 1,600 to 1,900 square feet, said David Balcerzak, vice president of sales and marketing for M/I’s Columbus Division.

“We think we’ll see some empty-nester buyer interest in that area,” Balcerzak said, explaining the ranch plans.

Prices haven’t been set, but Balcerzak said homes are expected to start in the low- to mid-$300,000s.

M/I Home's Foxfire community will include its Smart Series of homes similar to those shown here.

M/I has broken ground on the project, which is in the Teays Valley school district, and hopes to have a model in place by the first of the year with the goal of opening the community in May.

Golf courses have struggled in recent years to attract members, who have more options and less time than they might have during golf’s heyday. In the past few years, several central Ohio courses have been sold or closed.

jweiker@dispatch.com

@JimWeiker

M/I Homes plans to build 416 homes on the site of the former Foxfire golf course.

 

 

 

 

SOURCE: Dispatch