Rickie Fowler ends longest title drought of PGA Tour career

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Rickie Fowler won in his 96th start since 2019 WM Phoenix Open victory, snapping the longest drought of his PGA TOUR career. Photo: Sky Sports

Rickie Fowler (Winner/-24) picked up his sixth PGA TOUR victory in his 316th start at the age of 34 years, 6 months, 19 days.

His PGA TOUR victories (6) are 2012 Wells Fargo Championship, 2015 PLAYERS Championship, 2015 Dell Technologies Championship, 2017 Honda Classic, 2019 WM Phoenix Open, 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Collected 500 points and moved from No. 17 to No. 8 in the FedExCup standings.

Fowler won in his 96th start since 2019 WM Phoenix Open victory, snapping the longest drought of his TOUR career.

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The win comes 4 years, 4 months, 29 days since winning the 2019 WM Phoenix Open (longest victory drought of TOUR career).

Has finished T17 or better in 10 of his last 11 starts on TOUR.

Improves to 3-for-11 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead in his TOUR career (victories: 2017 Honda Classic, 2019 WM Phoenix Open, 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic).

Becomes the third 54-hole leader/co-leader to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic (Nate Lashley/2019, Tony Finau/2022, Fowler/2023) and the 20th third-round leader/co-leader to win an individual stroke-play event on PGA TOUR in 2022-23.

Adam Hadwin, winner of the 2017 Valspar Championship, finishes runner-up for the fifth time in his 239th TOUR start; was his first appearance in a playoff on TOUR; was seeking to become the fifth Canadian winner this season.

Making his Rocket Mortgage Classic debut, five-time TOUR winner Collin Morikawa finishes runner-up for the seventh time in 94 starts; playoff record falls to 1-3.

18-hole co-leader Peter Kuest finishes in a three-way tie for fourth in bid to become the first Open Qualifier to win on TOUR since Corey Conners at the 2019 Valero Texas Open; needed a two-way T4 or better to earn Special Temporary Membership on the PGA TOUR; top-10 finish earns a spot in next week’s John Deere Classic field 18- and 36-hole co-leader Taylor Moore finished T4.

Stephan Jaeger (T9) tied the Detroit Golf Club 18-hole scoring record with a 9-under 63 (ninth occasion; third of the week following Andrew Landry in the second round and Adam Hadwin in the third round); two of his four career top-10s have come at the Rocket Mortgage Classic (career-best 5th in 2022, T9 in 2023).

Max Homa (T21) aced the par-3 15th hole from 140 yards for his second ace on TOUR (2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/R3/No. 14); there have been three aces at No. 15 (Scott Brown/2021/R2, Rory Sabbatini/2022/R2, Homa/2023/R4).