BOTH MEN NOW HEAD FOR MASTERS

 PORTEOUS BEATS FITZPATRICK IN ALL-

ENGLAND GEORGIA CUP PLAY-OFF

ALPHARETTA, Georgia -- British Amateur champion Garrick Porteous defeated US Amateur champion Matthew Fitzpatrick to win the Georgia Cup on Wednesday.

In the first all-England match in the 17-year history of the event, Porteous, pictured right, won four straight holes on the front nine that led to his 3 and 2 victory on the Lakeside Course at The Golf Club of Georgia.
The Georgia Cup began in 1998 as a match between the US Amateur and British Amateur champions the week before they play in the Masters.

Fitzpatrick built a two-hole lead through three holes, only for Porteous to make three birdies and a par to seize control. Fitzpatrick holed out for eagle from 116 yards on the par-4 15th hole to extend the match. 
Porteous won on the next hole after both made bogey.
+Porteous was quoted recently as saying he would turn professional after the Masters. He is a member at Bamburgh Caste Golf Club in the North-east of England.
Fitzpatrick, who will not be 20 until September, shocked Northwestern University, Illinois - Luke Donald's alma mater - by not returning to the college after the Christmas break. He had completed only one term.
Fitzpatrick said that he was staying in England to play full-time amateur golf at least until the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham.
His US amateur triumph gained his places in the Masters, US Open and Open this year. 
Fitzpatrick, who comes from Sheffield, is a former
British boys champion and winner of the Silver Medal as leading amateur at last year's Open championship.