Rickie Fowler wins first title in fours years in playoff

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July 3, 2023
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Rocket Mortgage ambassador Rickie Fowler defeated fellow American Collin Morikawa and Canadian Adam Hadwin with a birdie-3 on the first playoff hole (No. 18).

Fowler started the day with a one-shot lead before carding a bogey-free 68 to close with a 24-under, 264 total.

"It's just nice to have this one out of the way said Fowler. "I'm obviously going to soak this one in and celebrate a bit. It's just been a long road. I'll get emotional at some point, whether it's -- I already did up there -- in here or when we're heading home or over this next week. We're just going to be home for a couple days. We're actually heading over to London with J.T. and Jordan and our wives. Yeah, we should have fun."

This sixth PGA Tour victory came in his 316th start and was his first in 4 years, 4 months and 29 days since the 2019 WM Phoenix Open.

"This was definitely one of the main goals this year was to win. Outside of that was obviously playing well and doing what I've been doing to make it to the TOUR Championship, and kind of the -- one of the end goals was to be a part of the Ryder Cup team and that's still what we're focusing on right now. Been a part of a handful and that's -- they're very special weeks, so that's where I have kind of my eyes.

"But planning to continue to play well and looking forward to a couple weeks over the pond with the Scottish and the British coming up, especially with how I've been playing and how I am playing."

Morikawa closed with a 64 to finish runner-up for the seventh time in 94 starts on Tour.

"Playoffs suck when you're on the wrong side of them. You put everything you want into it and comes down to one hole, but that's what golf is. You've got to perform, you've got to execute the shots." said Morikawa.

"And we did a lot of that really good this week, it was awesome to see. Haven't seen that for 72 holes in a while.

"And I still wouldn't have changed anything about hole 18 in regulation and the playoff. I truly thought I hit the perfect shot and I just was a little juiced, went a little far and just didn't have the putter in the hand. Not that the chip wasn't possible, but would have been nice to have the putter in the hand. Overall, still pretty proud of myself."

Hadwin shot a 67 for his fifth runner-up finish in 239 starts and was pleased with his performance.

"I'm stoked, I'm through the roof right now. I mean, I got myself into a playoff at the end of the day, that's what you want. You want a chance, you want a chance to win a golf tournament and I guess I kind of had a chance coming up 18, an outside chance.

"Then I hit two of the best golf shots I've hit all day in a playoff and really even that putt, it just didn't go in. You know, I can take nothing but positives away from this week."

Americans Taylor Moore (67), Lucas Glover (65) and Peter Kuest (68) finished fourth at 21-under.

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T2Adam Hadwin-2466686367264
T2Collin Morikawa-2466676764264
T4Taylor Moore-2164676967267
T4Lucas Glover-2169696465267
T4Peter Kuest-2164706568267
7Adam Schenk-2065686966268
8Justin Lower-1968656769269
T9Stephan Jaeger-1869687063270
T9Alex Noren-1868686767270
T9Peter Malnati-1869666768270
T9Brian Harman-1868686668270
T9Aaron Rai-1865686671270
T14Chris Kirk-1767686769271
T14Carl Yuan-1770666471271
T14Taylor Pendrith-1767646773271
T17Chad Ramey-1668696966272
T17Cam Davis-1669656969272
T17Zecheng Dou-1669696668272
T17Troy Merritt-1668686769272
T21Max Homa-1569686967273
T21Keegan Bradley-1569676968273
T21Nicolai Hojgaard-1567686771273
T24MJ Daffue-1466707068274
T24Davis Thompson-1470696867274
T24Sungjae Im-1468706670274
T24Vincent Norrman-1471696965274
T24Dylan Wu-1465696674274
T29Callum Tarren-1367687169275
T29Brett Stegmaier-1367706969275
T29Sam Bennett-1365756669275
T29Chez Reavie-1369706571275
T33Doug Ghim-1266716970276
T33Ben Griffin-1270676970276
T33Chesson Hadley-1268706969276
T33J.J. Spaun-1270696770276
T33Garrick Higgo-1271696868276
T33Ryan Palmer-1270676772276
T33Davis Riley-1268727165276
T40Sam Ryder-1165717071277
T40Kelly Kraft-1169716770277
T40Trevor Cone-1171676871277
T40Satoshi Kodaira-1171656972277
T40Ludvig Aberg-1165677372277
T40Vince Whaley-1169696673277
T40Adam Svensson-1171677168277
T47Alex Smalley-1072666971278
T47Russell Knox-1070696772278
T47Kevin Tway-1070706870278
T47Brice Garnett-1069716870278
T47Tyler Duncan-1070686674278
T52Harry Higgs-970696872279
T52Carson Young-969687072279
T52Kyle Reifers-970696674279
T52Luke Donald-971667171279
T56Christiaan Bezuidenhout-871696872280
T56Greyson Sigg-870706872280
T56Nate Lashley-867717072280
T56Brendon Todd-868687272280
T56Scott Stallings-870706971280
T56Robert Streb-870707070280
T56Nick Watney-872687169280
T56Ryan Gerard-869717169280
T64Andrew Landry-771637275281
T64Chase Johnson-770706873281
T64Hank Lebioda-769697172281
T64Ryan Moore-767707272281
T64Charley Hoffman-767697372281
T64Sepp Straka-768667671281
T70S.Y. Noh-671676876282
T70Zach Johnson-671696874282
T70Martin Laird-670687272282
T70Robby Shelton-668727171282
T74S.H. Kim-573676974283
T74Will Gordon-572686974283
T74Sam Stevens-570707370283
T74Danny Willett-570677769283
T78Justin Suh-465727374284
T78Kyle Westmoreland-467737272284
T78Matt Wallace-468717570284
T81Ryan Brehm-370697274285
T81Henrik Norlander-371687274285
T83Matthias Schwab-171696978287
T83Paul Haley II-172667673287
CUTLee Hodges-37170--141
CUTDavid Lingmerth-37071--141
CUTJonathan Byrd-36972--141
CUTPatton Kizzire-37269--141
CUTMark Hubbard-37071--141
CUTKramer Hickok-37071--141
CUTBeau Hossler-37566--141
CUTRyan Armour-37368--141
CUTMatti Schmid-37368--141
CUTKevin Roy-37170--141
CUTCameron Champ-36873--141
CUTTrey Mullinax-36774--141
CUTLanto Griffin-37170--141
CUTAdam Long-37170--141
CUTAustin Smotherman-36972--141
CUTHarrison Endycott-27369--142
CUTAndrew Novak-27072--142
CUTBen Taylor-27369--142
CUTJason Dufner-27270--142
CUTScott Harrington-27270--142
CUTAugusto Núñez-27171--142
CUTJames Hahn-27171--142
CUTByeong Hun An-27369--142
CUTNick Hardy-27369--142
CUTWebb Simpson-27270--142
CUTTom Kim-27369--142
CUTNico Echavarria-27270--142
CUTRichy Werenski-26874--142
CUTChris Stroud-27072--142
CUTBrandon Wu-27072--142
CUTAkshay Bhatia-27369--142
CUTDoc Redman-17271--143
CUTHideki Matsuyama-17568--143
CUTErik van Rooyen-17271--143
CUTCameron Percy-17073--143
CUTGordon Sargent(a)-17172--143
CUTDavid Lipsky-17568--143
CUTTony Finau-17271--143
CUTJoseph Bramlett-17073--143
CUTDylan Frittelli-17172--143
CUTAustin EckroatPar7470--144
CUTKevin YuPar7272--144
CUTMax McGreevyPar7371--144
CUTBen MartinPar7173--144
CUTHarry HallPar7173--144
CUTJoel DahmenPar7668--144
CUTAaron BaddeleyPar7371--144
CUTTrevor WerbyloPar7173--144
CUTBrent GrantPar7272--144
CUTRoss SteelmanPar7074--144
CUTAustin Cook+17471--145
CUTJustin Thomas+17669--145
CUTCody Gribble+17372--145
CUTMatt NeSmith+17768--145
CUTJimmy Walker+17471--145
CUTThomas Detry+17372--145
CUTMichael Gligic+17570--145
CUTKyle Martin+17570--145
CUTBrandt Snedeker+17372--145
CUTChad Collins+17372--145
CUTSean O'Hair+17075--145
CUTTom Hoge+27967--146
CUTZac Blair+27472--146
CUTTano Goya+27274--146
CUTMartin Trainer+27472--146
CUTAldrich Potgieter+27373--146
CUTKyle Stanley+37176--147
CUTTyson Alexander+47276--148
CUTBrian Stuard+67476--150
CUTAndy Spencer+77675--151
CUTBrandon Matthews+97776--153
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