Matt Fitzpatrick spurred on by new bride who he married in lavish coastal ceremony just months ago
Fitzpatrick is in with a great chance of claiming his first Open title - and the first by an Englishman since 1992 when
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Katherine shared a video of her marking Matt's golf balls
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The former beauty queen sends loving messages on his ball
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Matt Fitzpatrick celebrates winning the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town with Katherine
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And his biggest fan among the
golf
fans packed around Royal Portrush is his wife Katherine - a former beauty queen who was also a
tennis
professional.
They married in October 2024, after becoming Instagram official in January 2023.
Katherine, whose maiden name is Gaal, holds a double major degree in broadcast journalism and finance from Penn State University.
She is also a former beauty queen who finished runner-up in the Miss New
Jersey
USA
pageant in 2014.
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Katherine, 36, worked as a
tennis
professional at the Bay Head
Yacht
Club in Bay Head, New Jersey for two and a half years, before moving into marketing.
She clearly has sporting prowess in her genes.
Ahead of the
Paris
Olympics, Katherine shared on
that her grandfather Dean Cetrulo won a bronze medal in fencing at the 1948
London
Summer
Olympics.
Matt and Katherine got married in New
Jersey
, and his brother and fellow pro golfer Alex Fitzpatrick was his best man.
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Katherine
She even shared a
TikTok
of her marking his balls with messages like 'MF is cute' and 'I love you'.
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The newly weds were at the British Grand Prix last month
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Katherine shared a snap of her at the US Open
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The happy couple look loved up on a trip to Wimbledon
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Matt and Katherine pose on Wimbledon's famous Centre Court
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Katherine wore a stunning backless dress for her day at the tennis
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Matt and Katherine have been enjoying the golf together
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Fitzpatrick was asked about the video after he finished his second round of 66 that put him in contention at
The Open
.
He emphatically denied that she marks his
golf
balls before his rounds.
The Yorkshireman said: 'She does not mark my golf balls. She does not, no, and I would not let her, no.'
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