Fallen in the play-off of Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin at the Rocket Mortage Classic, the Californian won his 6th PGA tournament, 1,610 days after lifting his last trophy in Phoenix. A phoenix.
Rickie Fowler’s mimicry and “body language” after his winning putt in the first round of the play-off speaks volumes about the suffering endured to regain success. If we had to translate them in one word, we would summarize them by: “finally”. The Californian breathed a huge sigh of relief and took on a huge weight by closing four years of failure.
The story is beautiful and the outcome is crazy as the scenario of this last round of the Rocket Mortage Classic was improbable. Impeccable in the first leg (-3), Rickie Fowler led for a long time before being joined first by Collin Morikawa, on fire this Sunday (62, -8), who became co-leader at 14. Adam Hadwin joined the party at 15. Three players at -23, two holes to play for Morikawa, three for Fowler and Hadwin.
