Alex Fitzpatrick’s bid to cap a remarkable first three weeks on the PGA Tour with his first individual win were ended by a devastating double bogey at the penultimate hole of the Truist Championship.

The Sheffield golfer, winner of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event with older brother Matt, began the day with a one-shot lead but endured a roller-coaster of a final round.

That was encapsulated on the 17th where, having got himself back into contention just one off the pace after a shaky start, he could not find the putting surface of the 211-yard hole in two but almost chipped in for par with his ball grazing the edge of the hole.

Alex Fitzpatrick was left to rue his final-round struggles despite another encouraging performance (Getty)

Unfortunately it ran eight feet past and he missed the putt coming back which put paid to his hopes of catching Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan, who shot a 69 to register his maiden PGA Tour win by two from Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard and a resurgent Rickie Fowler, who…