The American Rickie Fowler He ended a long streak of nearly four and a half years without titles this Sunday by winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic, a PGA Tour golf tournament played from Thursday at Detroit Golf Club.
For this, Fowler, 34, had to beat his countryman on the first playoff hole collin morikawa and in Canadian Adam Hadwinwhere he finished four rounds tied for 264 total strokes (24 under par).
Rickie Fowler, world number 35 at the start of the week, although this Monday he will move up to 23, winning his tenth title as a professional and his sixth on the PGA Tour. He has not won since he won the Phoenix Open on February 3, 2019, four years and five months or 1,611 days ago.
The player from Jupiter (Florida) started the last day as the leader, but Hadwin and Morikawa They trailed him with final rounds of 67 (-5) and 64 (-8). The latter, winner of two majors, equaled the course record. fowler closed on Sunday with a lap of 68 (-4).
In the final ‘playoff’ Fowler scored the win despite a bad tee off on the par 4 18th hole, while his two rivals left the ball in the fairway.
Fowler’s second shot from the rough was the best of the three, leaving the ball about two meters from the hole. Morikawa missed the green and Hadwin was left far from the flag due to the backspin he gave the ball.
morikawa he didn’t hole the ‘chip’ and Hadwin didn’t birdie the long putt he had left. Fowler put yours in, signed for birdie and got the tenth victory of his career as a professional golfer.
Source: La Verdad
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