DETROIT, MI (SNN-TV) – Rickie Fowler finally did it, holding on for a win after so many have slipped away.
Refusing to crumble and collapse again, Fowler made a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole of the Rocket Mortgage Classic and outlasted Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin yesterday, two weeks after squandering a chance at the U.S. Open.
Fowler ended a career-long, 96-start championship drought after missing out on two chances to win in June, closing with a 75 at the U.S. Open to tie for fifth and with a 69 last week at the Travelers Championship to drop into a tie for 13th.
Fowler had a share of the 54-hole lead last month at Los Angeles Country Club with an opportunity to win his first major. Before his breakthrough in Detroit, he had won just two of the 10 times he was the third-round leader or co-leader.
With the win, the 34-year-old earned his sixth PGA Tour victory and his first since winning the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open.