{"id":1245782,"date":"2023-07-03T06:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1245782"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:46:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:46:17","slug":"rocket-mortgage-classic-2023-r4-rickie-fowler-wins-first-title-in-fours-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rocket-mortgage-classic-2023-r4-rickie-fowler-wins-first-title-in-fours-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickie Fowler wins first title in fours years in playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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).<\/p>\n

Fowler started the day with a one-shot lead before carding a bogey-free 68 to close with a 24-under, 264 total.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n