Rickie Fowler, bidding to end drought, leads Rocket Mortgage Classic - ESPN

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.

Fowler, who has never won a major, won the 2019 Phoenix Open for his only victory in six years. He's making his 96th start since his last title, shooting to end the longest drought of his career and win for the sixth time on the PGA Tour.

«Whether it happens [Sunday] or not, it's going to happen here soon,» said Fowler, who has seven top-10 finishes this season and is No. 17 in the FedEx Cup standings. «I've been playing a lot of really good golf and been putting myself in good positions.

»This definitely won't be the last."

Hadwin had a season-low 63 to tie the tournament record.

«One of the hardest things in golf is to get out of your own way when things are going well,» he said. «I've been