On Sunday at the 2026 Players Championship, Matt Fitzpatrick suffered the most devastating defeat of his pro golf career. But you wouldn’t know it if you watched Fitzpatrick closely in the immediate aftermath of his stinging loss at TPC Sawgrass. The 2022 U.S. Open champion made bogey on the 18th hole, the Stadium Course’s watery finisher, to surrender the Players title to Cameron Young, all while being heckled by American fans in a decidedly “partisan” crowd on Sunday. But instead of curtly shaking Young’s hand and bee-lining for his courtesy car to head home, Fitzpatrick displayed an admirable level of genuine professionalism and respect that should serve him well as he mounts his comeback...
