Alex Fitzpatrick tells BBC Sport about forging his own identity, 'belonging' on the PGA Tour - and his 'surreal' meeting with Michael Jordan.

While celebrating victory at the Zurich Classic pairs event, in tandem with his older brother and world number four Matt, at a golf club just north of Palm Beach in Florida, Alex felt a congratulatory hand on his shoulder. 'I look over and it's Michael Jordan,' Fitzpatrick says. 'I'm like 'wow', it's insane.'

In addition to his maiden DP World Tour win at the Indian Open in March, Fitzpatrick has five top-10 finishes in 13 starts on the PGA Tour. Fitzpatrick says his remarkable rise from outside the world's top 250 to number 68 in just 12 months was 'kick-started' by working with Matt's former coach Mike Walker on a more permanent basis.

The Sheffield golfer will tee it up on Thursday sitting 24th in the FedEx Cup standings, looking to finish the season strongly ahead of the Tour Championship.