Matt Fitzpatrick cozies as much as girlfriend Katherine Gaal after successful RBC Heritage

It was a particular victory Sunday for English golfer Matt Fitzpatrick.

Moments after defeating defending champion Jordan Spieth in an exhilarating three-hole playoff at this yr’s RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C., the 28-year-old Fitzpatrick embraced family members on the course at Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks, together with girlfriend Katherine Gaal.

The couple, who appeared to make their romance Instagram-official in January, posed for cozy pictures towards a sundown backdrop as Fitzpatrick wore the event’s signature tartan jacket.

Fitzpatrick and Gaal additionally smiled beside the golfer’s household in separate pics.

When chatting with reporters afterward, Fitzpatrick elaborated on why successful the RBC Heritage title meant a lot to him as he vacationed within the space rising up.

“This one is the one which I’ve at all times wished to win. [Of] any golf event — aside from the majors, after all — there isn’t a better one on my listing than to win this one, and that’s the reality,” Fitzpatrick stated, according to CNN.

“My household can let you know that, and my associates can inform you a similar factor. This place is only a particular place for me, and it means the world to have received it.”

Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Open champion, earned $3.6 million with the win and moved as much as No. 8 on this planet golf rankings.

He competed on the 2023 Masters earlier this month and was joined by Gaal in the course of the annual Par 3 contest, when she performed Fitzpatrick’s caddie for the day.

A advertising supervisor for a software program growth firm in New Jersey, Gaal was photographed at Augusta Nationwide with Fitzpatrick, who completed the main tied for tenth with a 4-under, according to The Sun.

Previous to that, Fitzpatrick gave Gaal a Valentine’s Day shoutout on Instagram.

“To my favorite individual, completely satisfied Valentines!” he gushed in February.