Open de France: Matt Fitzpatrick closes out three-shot victory at Le Golf National to earn fourth worldwide win of 2026
Matt Fitzpatrick closed out a fourth worldwide win of the season with an impressive three-shot victory at the FedEx Open de France at Le Golf National.
The world No 4 took a five-shot advantage into the final day and never relinquished control, mixing two birdies and one bogey in a final-round 70 that saw him register an 11th DP World Tour title.
Fitzpatrick ended the week on 20 under and comfortably ahead of closest challenger Angel Hidalgo, who birdied three of his last five holes to card a final-round 67, while Eugenio Chacarra was among the group five back in a share of third.
Chacarra closed the gap on Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy at the top of the Race to Dubai rankings with his latest strong showing, with Tom Vaillant, Matthieu Pavon and Ryder Cup hopeful Kristoffer Reitan the others on 15 under.
Fitzpatrick had already won the Valspar Championship, RBC Hertiage and Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the PGA Tour this year, while his latest DP World Tour success is his first since the DP World Tour Championship in November.
The Englishman's sizeable overnight lead was quickly reduced when Chacarra, playing in the group ahead, followed three birdies in his first four holes by adding another from 12 feet at the par-four sixth.
Chacarra cancelled out a three-putt bogey from long range at the eighth by taking advantage of the par-five next, lifting him back within two of Fitzpatrick after the former US Open champion made par on every hole on his front nine.
Reitan also got within three of Fitzpatrick after racing to the turn in 33 and birdieing the par-five 14th, only for the Norwegian's hopes to unravel with bogeys on two of his next three holes.
Chacarra's title challenge was derailed when he was forced to take a drop after an errant tee shot at the 13th, then found water with his third shot, leaving the Spaniard having to get up and down from the drop zone to scramble a double bogey.
Fitzpatrick then regained full control of the tournament when he fired his approach at the 13th to kick-in range and rolled in from 20 feet at the 15th, with those birdies lifting him to 21 under and five clear.
Stress-free pars over the next two holes kept Fitzpatrick in control heading to the par-four last, where he failed to get up and down from just off the green but tapped in to close out victory with a bogey.
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The DP World Tour heads to Scotland for the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, played across Carnoustie, Kingsbarns Golf Links and the Old Course at St Andrews, where Robert MacIntyre is defending champion.
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