The Open 2013: English amateur Matthew Fitzpatrick wins Silver Medal at Muirfield The 18-year-old amateur, who only completed his A-levels a few weeks ago and is off to Luke Donald's alma mater Northwestern University in Chicago this autumn, finished with a one-over-par 72 to end the Open 10 over, five shots clear of fellow Briton Jimmy Mullen who was the next best amateur. After being mistaken for Tiger Woods' ball boy earlier in the week, Fitzpatrick said that he was hoping to see his hero win the Claret Jug later on Sunday, rather than home favourite Lee Westwood, so that he got to meet the 14-time major champion at the victory ceremony. "Seeing Tiger on the range earlier in the week was one of the best things ever," he said. If I'm honest I'm hoping that he wins today so that I can finally meet him. It has been surreal this week, especially with the guys I've played with, but every single person I've played with couldn't have been nicer to me. Fitzpatrick played his final round with former Masters champion Fred Couples, who described the youngster as "very good." "He doesn't miss many shots and hits it straight," Couples said. As he gets bigger he'll hit it further but he hits it plenty far. He's good. Fitzpatrick now has to refocus ahead of the English Amateur championship in 10 days' time before preparing to go to college in the United States this autumn. "I can't imagine any other amateur event ever being as hard as the course we've played this week," he joked. The fairways [at Muirfield] are just so narrow and the rough is just ridiculously deep. But that was probably the best I've played this week. I'm really proud. Really proud. What it has shown me is that I can compete with these guys. How am I celebrating tonight? Probably a long four-and-a-half hour drive home.