Alex Fitzpatrick just hoisted his first DP World Tour trophy at the 2026 Hero Indian Open. The tour was quick to note this is the first time siblings have won successively on the DP World and PGA Tour, after Matt Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship last week.
It’s impressive to see two brothers succeeding at the professional level. We’ve also seen winning sisters on the LPGA Tour, too, like Annika and Charlotta Sorenstam, Nelly and Jessica Korda, Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn, and Akie and Chisato Iwai. There must be something in the water wherever these siblings grew up.
Alex Fitzpatrick was four strokes behind the leader – defending champion Eugenio Chacarra – at the start of the final round. However, Fitzpatrick’s late surge on the back nine, with three birdies starting on hole 11, and another on hole 17 to extend his own lead to four, gave him a comfortable cushion on the 18th.
Fitzpatrick played the last hole cautiously, which ended with him double-bogeying but still winning by two strokes.
“It feels amazing, I feel a little more composed now than I was on the green,” said Fitzpatrick. “I’ve put in a lot of hard work and had a lot of doubts, I feel like I really stuck with it, especially over the past couple of years.
“I’ve just got a really great team around me, a great bunch of people, so I’m really lucky to be in this situation and I’m over the moon. This course is so hard that you almost have to forget the past shots or previous holes. I think on Friday I had nine birdies and I didn’t know until I’d finished, and same today.”
Chacarra was able to keep up with Fitzpatrick part of the day but eventually lost steam. He ended up in solo second, with France’s Ugo Coussaud and England’s Andy Sullivan tying for third.
Fitzpatrick commented on his brother’s influence on his life, saying, “It’s great to join my brother Matt as a winner on the DP World Tour. It can be hard sometimes when you’re constantly chasing someone’s accolades but luckily it’s my brother, so it’s not horrific. It’s extremely nice to join him in the winners’ ranks and hopefully I can continue to push on. I idolise him so just trying to be like him in every way so hopefully we can keep doing well.”
The DP World Tour will have some players competing in The Masters the week of April 9th before returning to their Asian Swing at the Volvo China Open in Shanghai.
