Fitzpatrick Beats Scheffler In Heritage Play-off

England's Matt Fitzpatrick hit world number 1 Scottie Scheffler successful a play-off to triumph nan RBC Heritage successful South Carolina.

The 31-year-old carded a bogey 5 connected nan 18th erstwhile a par would person sealed victory, but he quickly overcame that disappointment to birdie nan aforesaid spread a fewer minutes later and declare his 2nd PGA Tour title successful nan abstraction of a month.

Fitzpatrick had started nan last information pinch a three-shot lead arsenic he attempted to travel up his victory astatine nan Valspar Championship successful March.

The erstwhile US Open champion played his first 17 holes successful 2 nether par without dropping a shot, but American Scheffler was capable to adjacent nan spread to 1 by nan clip they stood together connected nan 18th tee.

Both players grounded to find nan greenish successful 2 astatine nan past and while Scheffler made it up and down for par to complete a four-under information of 67, Fitzpatrick's mediocre spot led to his first bogey of nan day.

But Sheffield-born Fitzpatrick deed a superb attack connected nan first play-off hole, earlier nervelessly sinking his birdie putt to win.

This latest triumph continues his basking streak of form, having besides vanished 2nd astatine past month's Players Championship.

And it meant Scheffler, 29, had to beryllium contented pinch a 2nd consecutive second-place finish, having vanished arsenic runner-up to Rory McIlroy astatine past week's Masters.

Si-woo Kim of South Korea changeable a final-round 68 to decorativeness 3rd connected 16 nether par, 2 shots down Fitzpatrick and Scheffler.