Bryson is 2/2 & Fitzy Bounces Back

What a weekend of golf. Two tournaments, two great stories, and both winners are heading into Augusta with some serious momentum. Let's get into it.

Fitzpatrick Gets His Redemption at Copperhead

One week after bogeying the last hole at TPC Sawgrass to hand Cameron Young The Players Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick showed up to Innisbrook and took care of business. First PGA Tour win in nearly three years, and he earned every single bit of it.

The storyline coming into Sunday was all about Sungjae Im. He led wire to wire through three rounds and all he needed was an even par round to win the tournament. He did not come close. Im imploded early with five bogeys in his first ten holes and shot a 2 over 74 to finish tied for fourth. Just like that, the door was wide open.

Fitzpatrick walked right through it. He was steady all day, not flashy, and that is exactly what Copperhead demands. He made just three birdies on the day but the last one was the one that mattered. A 13 footer on the 18th dropped to give him a one shot win over David Lipsky.

The putt on 15 deserves its own mention. Fitzpatrick buried a 30 footer at the par 3 15th to take a share of the lead and from that point forward it felt like his tournament to lose. He did not lose it.

After the round Fitzpatrick described the feeling by saying it was amazing, particularly because he felt frustrated all day about not making anything, and to make something on 15 and hole the long one on 18 was an incredible feeling.

He also made a point of connecting the two weeks together. Coming off a gut punch at The Players and then going out and winning the very next week is the kind of mental resilience that is really hard to teach. Fitzy has always had that in him and it showed up when it needed to.

Worth noting too, Brandt Snedeker at 45 years old on a sponsor exemption was right in the thick of it until the back nine unraveled. The guy had not won since 2018 and had missed all four cuts to start 2026. What a story that would have been. Respect to him for the week he had.

Bryson Goes Back to Back on the Other Side of the World

Meanwhile over in Johannesburg, South Africa, Bryson DeChambeau was doing what Bryson does. Winning in dramatic fashion and making it look both inevitable and chaotic at the same time.

This was the first time LIV Golf had ever played in Africa, competing at the Club at Steyn City in Johannesburg. The Southern Guards, an all South African team featuring Louis Oosthuizen, Dean Burmester, Branden Grace, and Charl Schwartzel, were responsible for bringing the event there. The crowd energy all week was exactly what you would expect from a home nation watching their guys compete for a championship on their own soil.

And for most of Sunday it looked like the home side was going to deliver. The Southern Guards were up by nine shots at one point on the final day. Nine! The Crushers were cooked.

Then, Bryson happened...

DeChambeau made a clutch birdie on the par 5 18th in a playoff to edge out Jon Rahm, who had shot a 63 in the final round to force the extra hole. Rahm found a greenside bunker in two and could not get it up and down. Bryson two putted and walked away with four million dollars and his second consecutive LIV title.

It was the first time Bryson had won back to back since 2018 and the Crushers also took the team title, coming back to beat the Southern Guards by a single shot after being down nine at one point. That is one of the more remarkable team comebacks you will see all season.

The Masters is three weeks away and Bryson is playing the best golf of anyone in the world right now. Two events, two wins, two playoffs, two trophies. The guy is dialed in and Augusta is going to be must watch TV.

The Big Picture

Fitzy bounces back from heartbreak and wins at a track that perfectly suits his game. Bryson goes back to back across two different continents and is now the hottest player alive heading into the first major of the year.
Not a bad weekend of golf. Not bad at all.