DETROIT — Rickie Fowler has put himself in a position to win a PGA Tour title again. He's hoping to take advantage for a change.
Fowler birdied six of his last eight holes Saturday to surge into the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 20 under, giving him another chance to end a four-year PGA Tour victory drought. «I'm not scared to fail,» said Fowler, who had an 8-under 64 to take a 1-stroke lead over Adam Hadwin at Detroit Golf Club. «I've dealt with plenty of that.» Indeed.
Two weeks ago in Los Angeles in the U.S. Open, Fowler squandered a chance with a closing 75 in a fifth-place tie. And last week at the Travelers Championship, he shot a career-best 60 in the third round to contend and closed with a 69 to drop into a tie for 13th. «Felt really good Sunday last week and just didn't get anything going, didn't get anything out of it,» Fowler said. «Sunday at the U.S.
Open, timing got a little off.» Fowler, 34, has led or shared the 54-hole lead 10 times on the PGA Tour and has converted the advantage into a championship just twice.