Rickie Fowler survived a calamity to win his fifth PGA TOUR title at the $7.1 million Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale.
After entering the final round with a four-shot lead over his pal Justin Thomas, it looked like he was throwing away his win once again, when he triple-bogeyed the par-4 11th and a double on the par-4 5th.
Last year in 2018, Rickie Fowler entered the final round as a leader and bogeyed three of the last four holes for a 2-over 73 and T-11, an event which was his 200th start on the TOUR and was won by Gary Woodland who broke five-year of win-less streak.
In breaking a nearly two-year win drought, Fowler moved to 7th in the FedExCup; qualified for the Sentry Tournament of Champions; and bucked a trend that had seen him convert only one of his last six 54-hole leads/co-leads to victory on TOUR.
His final round of 3-over 74 took Fowler’s total to 17-under 267, for a two-shot win over the South African Branden Grace and a three-shot win over Justin Thomas.
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Just a week earlier, Fowler had announced his association with Taylormade for using TP5x balls and getting a win within a week gives voice to his endorsement too.
Let’s look after the prize money earned by each golfer at the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open :
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*1 USD = ₹71.66