Top 6: Players who could break their major duck in 2017
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick is one of the most exciting young players in the game. The Englishman gained a lot of experience in 2016 in which he had a mixed year. Fitzpatrick won three events and became the youngest English player to win three European Tour events, surpassing Nick Faldo.
The Sheffield born golfer won the Nordea Masters in June before he made three top ten finishes to confirm his place on Europe’s Ryder Cup team. Fitzpatrick didn’t have the best of Ryder Cup’s in a struggling European side, losing both his matches but the experience he picked up from being in Darren Clarke’s team will have worked wonders.
He went on to finish the years strong by winning the DP World Tour in Dubai at the end of the European Tour season. Can Fitzpatrick emulate his fellow Yorkshireman Danny Willett and win his maiden major in 2017?
2016 major record
Masters- T7th
US Open- T54th
The Open- Missed Cut
PGA Championship- T49th
Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
