Rickie Fowler tilted his head back, exhaled and smiled. He 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 fellow American Collin Morikawa and Canada's Adam Hadwin on Sunday, two weeks after squandering a chance at the U.S.
Open. "It's just nice to have this one out of the way," Fowler said after winning for the first time in four years. "I'm obviously going to soak this one in and celebrate a bit. "Yeah, it's just been a long road." 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. WATCH | Canada's Hadwin falls in playoff at Rocket Mortgage Classic: Followed all day by a sea of orange at Detroit Golf Club, Fowler was knocked down on the leaderboard by a near record-tying-round from Morikawa.