British Masters 2015: Final Leaderboard Scores, Prize Money Payouts

Matthew Fitzpatrick won his first major European Tour event on Sunday, keeping his composure throughout the back nine to win the 2015 British Masters. The youngster entered the day in the lead but was quickly caught by Soren Kjeldsen, who ultimately missed several chances to steal the title.

According to the European Tour's live blog, the 21-year-old earned a cool £500,000 with Sunday's triumph. Here's a look at the final leaderboard:

Pos	Player	To Par	Round 4 Score
1	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-15	68
T2	Fabrizio Zanotti	-13	69
T2	Shane Lowry	-13	67
T2	Soren Kjeldsen	-13	69
T5	Marcus Fraser	-11	67
T5	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	-11	67
T5	Luke Donald	-11	69
T8	Oliver Fischer	-10	65
T8	Chris Wood	-10	67
T8	Julien Quesne	-10	68

Recap

Fitzpatrick came into the day tied for the lead with Kiradech Aphibarnrat and kept his cool, finishing 15 under after a final-round three-under 68. Kjeldsen, Shane Lowry and Fabrizio Zanotti all finished in a tie for second, two shots behind the winner.

Kjeldsen quickly rose up the leaderboard with birdies on the second and fourth holes, and he remained Fitzpatrick's closest competitor throughout the day. The lead exchanged on several occasions before both tied things up at 14 under with six holes left to play.

Both missed putts to take the solo lead on the 13th, and Kjeldsen came agonisingly close to breaking the tie on the very next hole, via the European Tour's Twitter account:

The tie was finally broken with three holes left to play. Kjeldsen missed from the tee and managed to park his ball right behind a tree, forcing him to play an additional shot before he could make his approach:

Fitzpatrick took full advantage, sinking his putt to continue his fine form on the final four holes. During the first three days of competition, he made just one bogey and four birdies in the final stretch, which was better than Kjeldsen and a good omen with a potential play-off on the horizon.

Kjeldsen fell into a tie with Shane Lowry, who had separated himself from the pack with a solid showing on Sunday, but following Fitzpatrick's putt for birdie on the 15th, the tournament seemed all but over.

A poor second shot on the 16th nearly ruined everything for Fitzpatrick, but he answered with a superb bunker shot to salvage par. James Corrigan of the Daily Telegraph was more impressed with his putting:

Another birdie on the 17th had the fans in Woburn on their feet, and while he found the bunker on the 18th, so did Zanotti. Fitzpatrick had two putts to win it, and the European Tour's Twitter account shared the moment he won his first major European Tour tournament:

As reported by the European Tour's official website, Fitzpatrick didn't fully realise what he had just accomplished after sinking the final shot:

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It's not going to sink in for a long time, I know that. It was a long day and I didn't really know what I had to do to win but I just sort of ground it out and managed to win. A great day. The fans have just been incredible to me and unbelievably supportive and I can't tell everyone how appreciative I am of that. Walking down every hole it's, 'Come on Matt' and it's amazing to have that support.

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Marcus Fraser was one of the day's biggest risers through the early stages, but bogeys on the eighth and 18th holes saw him miss out on a top-three finish, despite playing some excellent golf.

The Australian put real pressure on the two leaders throughout the back nine, but despite his best efforts, he never bridged the two-shot gap. As shared by the European Tour's official Twitter account, he sank some incredible shots along the way:

Zanotti did what Fraser couldn't by joining Kjeldsen and Fitzpatrick at the top of the leaderboard for a while, but a dreadful stretch on the back nine ended his title hopes.

Starting the day with two birdies in his first four holes, the Paraguayan started to struggle from the tee, and while he managed to keep himself in the running for a couple of holes with several saves, back-to-back bogeys on the 13th and 14th doomed his chances.

Zanotti made an improbable late push with birdies on the 16th and 17th, but by that time, Fitzpatrick was already cruising to his first major win. 

It's an incredible result for the youngster from Sheffield, who only turned professional in 2014 and already made an impression earlier this season by finishing second in the Omega European Masters. The future looks bright for the 21-year-old, whose position in the rankings for the race to Dubai looks a little safer after his win on Sunday.

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