Wake Forest’s Alex Fitzpatrick, younger brother of PGA Tour pro Matt Fitzpatrick, is set to make his Tour debut at this week’s Valspar Championship.
The exemption comes via a win at the 2021 Valspar Collegiate, which Fitzpatrick finished at 12 under par for a three-shot victory.
Interestingly, he didn’t find out an exemption into the Valspar Championship was on the line until after the first day of the Valspar Collegiate, which he lead by two shots entering the final round.
“Yeah. It was a funny one,” Fitzpatrick said. “I didn’t really know until I had finished the first day, which was 36 holes, and they kind of sat everyone down.