PGA Tour: Rickie Fowler snapped his four-and-a-half-year PGA Tour winless streak with a stunning play-off victory at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.
Fowler birdied the final hole to finish with a bogey-free 68 at Detroit Golf Club, tying him for 24th place with Canada’s Adam Hadwin and two-time major champion Collin Morikawa.
The players returned to the par-four 18th for the play-off, where Fowler rolled a birdie from 12 feet to win his sixth PGA Tour title and first since the WM Phoenix Open in February 2019.
“It’s hard to really put it all into words,” Fowler added. “Obviously, there has been a lot of good stuff this year, and I’ve been playing some really good golf, so I just knew it was a matter of time with how I’ve been playing.”
After losing his third round on Saturday with six birdies in his last eight holes, Fowler carried a one-shot lead into the final day, with the 34-year-old continuing to dazzle by birdieing the par-four third and holing from 45 feet to add another at the fifth.
The American took advantage of the par-five seventh to reach the turn in 33, only to lose momentum with a run of pars and have Morikawa tie him after following a front-nine 32 with three birdies in a five-hole stretch beginning with the tenth.
Morikawa took the lead with a 15-foot birdie at the par-five 17th but missed a birdie putt at the last, setting the clubhouse goal, while Hadwin joined him on 24 under after concluding his bogey-free day with two birdies in the final four holes.
After a spectacular approach from the rough at the final hole brought up a close-range birdie, Fowler won the play-off to capture his first victory in 1,610 days.
Monday qualifier Peter Kuest shared for fourth place with former US Open winner Lucas Glover and Taylor Moore, while Adam Schenk concluded the week in seventh place on 20 under following a final-round 66.
Aaron Rai of England slipped into a tie for ninth after a one-under 71, with fellow Europeans Alex Noren and Stephan Jaeger all finishing on 18 under, and Max Homa holed out at the par-three 15th on his way to a final-round 67 and a tie for 21st.
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