Fowler "4 Years 5 Months Since Victory"... Im Sung-jae Tied for 24th Place

6th Career Win in Overtime at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Headwin and Morikawa Tied for 2nd, Quest 4th
Homa and Bradley Tied for 21st, Noh Seung-yeol 70th

Rickie Fowler (USA) broke his ‘win drought’.

On the 2nd (local time), at the final 4th round of the PGA Tour Rocket Mortgage Classic (total prize money $8.8 million) held at Detroit Golf Club (Par 72, 7,370 yards) in Michigan, USA, he shot 4-under par to tie with Adam Hadwin (Canada) and Collin Morikawa (USA) at 24-under par 264. Then, on the first hole of the playoff resumed at the 18th hole (Par 4), he made the ‘winning birdie.’ This was his 6th career victory, his first in 4 years and 5 months since the Phoenix Open in February 2019, with a winner’s prize of $1,584,000 (approximately 2.1 billion KRW).

Ricky Fowler is smiling brightly holding the trophy immediately after winning in a playoff at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
[Detroit (USA) = AP·Yonhap News]

Fowler started with a one-stroke lead and collected four birdies. He gained momentum by making three birdies on holes 3, 5, and 7, but failed to reduce his score over the next 10 holes and was overtaken. However, Fowler dramatically forced a playoff with a birdie on the 18th hole and celebrated after sinking a 3.4-meter ‘winning birdie’ on the first playoff hole.

Fowler is the player who led PGA Tour trends with his flashy orange-colored outfit and hip-hop style cap. He rose to as high as 4th in the world rankings in 2016 but fell into a severe slump, dropping outside the top 100 last year. His current world ranking is 35th. This year, after recording three ‘top 10’ finishes in his last four tournaments, he finally collected a winner’s trophy.

World No. 20 Morikawa fought hard with an 8-under par round but settled for a tie for 2nd place. Peter Kuest (USA), ranked 789th in the world and who entered this tournament through Monday qualifying, performed well, finishing tied for 4th (21-under par 267). World No. 9 Max Homa and last week’s Travelers Championship winner Keegan Bradley (both USA) tied for 21st (15-under par 273). From Korea, Im Sung-jae finished the tournament tied for 24th (14-under par 274) after shooting 2-under par. Noh Seung-yul tied for 70th (6-under par 282), and Kim Sung-hyun finished tied for 74th (5-under par 283).

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