Sports Illustrated's Never-Before-Seen Golf Photos From 2022

This year SI photographers captured original images from the Masters and U.S. Open. Here are some of the best.

Jeff Ritter | Dec 23, 2022

Sports Illustrated's Never-Before-Seen Golf Photos From 2022 /

It was a big year for golf, and the 2022 Masters and U.S. Open were unforgettable: Scottie Scheffler won the green jacket for his first major title, and Matt Fitzpatrick hit one of the defining shots of the year from a fairway bunker on the 72nd hole at The Country Club to bag the U.S. Open. Sports Illustrated photographers shot both events, and below we share some of our favorite original images.

Scottie Scheffler, Masters Sunday

Scottie Scheffler, 2022 Masters Sunday — Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

X164005_TK4_10270 — Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Scottie Scheffler Pulls Away

X164005_TK3_03169 — Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

After Smith triple-bogeyed 12, Scheffler led Smith by six and Rory McIlroy by four. A coronation was on.

Easy Being Green

Scottie Scheffler, 2022 Masters trophy — Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated

Scheffler enjoyed the spoils of his first career major.

Will Zalatoris Contends at U.S. Open

Will Zalatoris, 2022 U.S. Open — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Will Zalatoris played himself right into contention at The Country Club.

Matt Fitzpatrick, 2022 U.S. Open — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Matt Fitzpatrick Emerges

Fitzpatrick grabbed a one-shot lead late on Sunday, then tried to hold on.

The Shot

Matt Fitzpatrick, 72nd hole bunker, 2022 U.S. Open — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Fitzpatrick's shot from a fairway bunker on 18 safely reached the putting surface, setting him up for a safe two-putt par.

X164101_TK4_00517 — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

When Zalatoris failed to birdie 18, it was essentially over.

X164101_TK4_00497 — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Triumph, and a Near Miss

US_Open_Com_03 — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Matt Fitzpatrick celebrated on the 18th green moments after Zalatoris pondered what might have been.

X164101_TK4_00546 — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Published Dec 23, 2022

JEFF RITTER

Jeff Ritter is the managing director of SI Golf. He has more than 20 years of sports media experience, and previously was the general manager at the Morning Read, where he led that business's growth and joined SI as part of an acquisition in 2022. Earlier in his career he spent more than a decade at SI and Golf Magazine, and his journalism awards include a MIN Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.