Late flurry gives Rickie Fowler narrow lead at Rocket Mortgage Classic

England’s Aaron Rai is tied for fourth on 17-under.

Rickie Fowler came home with a wet sail at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Saturday, birdieing six of his last eight holes to take the lead in Detroit.

The American picked up three shots on the front nine but a bogey after the turn threatened to derail his round.

He righted the ship quickly however, his late flurry propelling him to 20-under par and a one stroke lead ahead of Adam Hadwin.

Speaking after his round, Fowler said: “Whether it happens (Sunday) or not, it’s going to happen here soon.

“I’ve been playing a lot of really good golf and been putting myself in good positions.

“This definitely won’t be the last.

Fowler is tied with Wyndham Clark for the most 54-hole leads/co-leads on Tour this season (3) and is 2-for-10 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in his Tour career (victories: 2017 Honda Classic, 2019 WM Phoenix Open).

Hadwin carded a stellar third round 63, tying the course record, to gain seven spots on the leaderboard and keep in close range of Fowler, who has not won an event on the PGA Tour in four years.

Fellow Canadian Taylor Pendrith who held a share of the overnight lead signed for a 67 to move down into solo third place at 18-under while his co-leader, American Taylor Moore, carded a 69 to move down into a share of sixth place at 16-under.

Hadwin and Pendrith are seeking to join Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Svensson, Corey Conners and Nick Taylor as Canadians to win on this season. Four winners is already the most in a single season on Tour on record since 1983 and the fourth season overall with wins by multiple Canadian players.

The last time five or more different players from the same country outside the United States won on Tour in the same season was in 2013-14, when six different Australians won: Steven Bowditch, Jason Day, Matt Jones, Geoff Ogilvy, Adam Scott and John Senden.

England’s Aaron Rai is tied for fourth on 17-under following a Saturday score of 66.

 

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2Adam Hadwin-19666863197
3Taylor Pendrith-18676467198
T4Peter Kuest-17647065199
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T6Dylan Wu-16656966200
T6Collin Morikawa-16666767200
T6Justin Lower-16686567200
T6Taylor Moore-16646769200
T11Lucas Glover-14696964202
T11Brian Harman-14686866202
T11Nicolai Hojgaard-14676867202
T11Peter Malnati-14696667202
T11Chris Kirk-14676867202
T11Adam Schenk-14656869202
T17Alex Noren-13686867203
T17Troy Merritt-13686867203
T17Cam Davis-13696569203
T20Chez Reavie-12697065204
T20Zecheng Dou-12696966204
T20Tyler Duncan-12706866204
T20Sungjae Im-12687066204
T20Vince Whaley-12696966204
T20Ryan Palmer-12706767204
T26Kyle Reifers-11706966205
T26Keegan Bradley-11696769205
T26Satoshi Kodaira-11716569205
T26Ludvig Aberg-11656773205
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T30J.J. Spaun-10706967206
T30Russell Knox-10706967206
T30Trevor Cone-10716768206
T30S.Y. Noh-10716768206
T30Chad Ramey-10686969206
T30Brett Stegmaier-10677069206
T30Doug Ghim-10667169206
T30Ben Griffin-10706769206
T30Max Homa-10696869206
T30Sam Ryder-10657170206
T30MJ Daffue-10667070206
T30Callum Tarren-10676871206
T30Andrew Landry-10716372206
T44Kelly Kraft-9697167207
T44Davis Thompson-9706968207
T44Harry Higgs-9706968207
T44Chesson Hadley-9687069207
T44Alex Smalley-9726669207
T44Stephan Jaeger-9696870207
T44Carson Young-9696870207
T51Christiaan Bezuidenhout-8716968208
T51Kevin Tway-8707068208
T51Chase Johnson-8707068208
T51Brice Garnett-8697168208
T51Zach Johnson-8716968208
T51Greyson Sigg-8707068208
T51Garrick Higgo-8716968208
T51Nate Lashley-8677170208
T51Luke Donald-8716671208
T51Brendon Todd-8686872208
T61Vincent Norrman-7716969209
T61Matthias Schwab-7716969209
T61S.H. Kim-7736769209
T61Will Gordon-7726869209
T61Scott Stallings-7707069209
T61Adam Svensson-7716771209
T61Hank Lebioda-7696971209
T61Ryan Moore-7677072209
T61Charley Hoffman-7676973209
T70Robert Streb-6707070210
T70Martin Laird-6706872210
T70Justin Suh-6657273210
T70Sepp Straka-6686676210
T74Nick Watney-5726871211
T74Davis Riley-5687271211
T74Robby Shelton-5687271211
T74Ryan Gerard-5697171211
T74Ryan Brehm-5706972211
T74Henrik Norlander-5716872211
80Kyle Westmoreland-4677372212
81Sam Stevens-3707073213
T82Matt Wallace-2687175214
T82Paul Haley II-2726676214
T82Danny Willett-2706777214
CUTLee Hodges-37170-141
CUTDavid Lingmerth-37071-141
CUTJonathan Byrd-36972-141
CUTPatton Kizzire-37269-141
CUTMark Hubbard-37071-141
CUTKramer Hickok-37071-141
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CUTKevin Roy-37170-141
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CUTByeong Hun An-27369-142
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CUTJustin Thomas+17669-145
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CUTThomas Detry+17372-145
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CUTKyle Martin+17570-145
CUTBrandt Snedeker+17372-145
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CUTTano Goya+27274-146
CUTMartin Trainer+27472-146
CUTAldrich Potgieter+27373-146
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CUTTyson Alexander+47276-148
CUTBrian Stuard+67476-150
CUTAndy Spencer+77675-151
CUTBrandon Matthews+97776-153
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Updated: November 29, 2023