Matt Fitzpatrick beat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the 2026 RBC Heritage, earning his second tartan jacket and climbing near the top of golf’s elite.
Matt Fitzpatrick delivered one of the biggest PGA Tour moments of the 2026 season on Sunday, outlasting Scottie Scheffler in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links.
The victory gave Fitzpatrick his second tartan jacket in four years, his fourth career PGA Tour title and another major statement in a season that keeps gaining steam.
The RBC Heritage final round began with Fitzpatrick protecting a three-shot edge over Scheffler, and for most of the day, the English star looked fully in control. He birdied two of his first three holes, stretched the margin to four and calmly managed the course while the rest of the leaderboard tried to apply pressure. But Harbour Town tightened the screws late, and Scheffler responded like the world No. 1.
Scheffler played his final four holes in 2-under to erase the gap, while Fitzpatrick stumbled with a bogey on the 72nd hole that dropped him back into a tie at 18-under. That miss forced extra holes, but Fitzpatrick didn’t stay rattled for long.
On the first playoff hole, he attacked with a brilliant 4-iron from the fairway that settled about 12 feet from the pin. Scheffler still had a chance to extend the duel, but Fitzpatrick took control and poured in the birdie putt to close the door.
The win pushes Fitzpatrick into rare company this season as one of the PGA Tour’s only multiple-time winners, alongside Chris Gotterup. It also lifts him to No. 3 in the Official World Golf Ranking and No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings, trailing only Scheffler.
Elsewhere, Collin Morikawa finished tied for fourth at 13-under despite not being fully healthy, while Jordan Spieth ended tied for 33rd at 7-under in another hard-to-read week.
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Viktor Hovland dropped to tied for 43rd at 6-under, and Jake Knapp finished tied for 74th at 2-over after a rough week on the greens.
At Harbour Town, though, the headline belonged to Fitzpatrick again.
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