Alex Fitzpatrick hoping to make a name for himself after brother Matt's major heroics

The younger Fitzpatrick is in Kilkenny this week to play the Horizon Irish Open, his first tournament as a professional

BROTHERS IN ARMS: England’s Alex Fitzpatrick at the Preview Press Conference. ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Alex Fitzpatrick is no clone of his brother Matt.

The younger of the two Sheffield boys is more outgoing and less organised. His strengths as a player rest on his long irons and short game while the sibling has built his career on grade-A driving and some world-class putting.