Rickie Fowler wins "roller-coaster" Phoenix Open by two shots

Date:

3 February 2019

Course:

TPC Scottsdale

Par:

71

Yards:

7,261

Rank	Player	Tot	Thru	R1	R2	R3	R4	Strokes
1	Fowler	-17	F	64	65	64	74	267
2	Grace	-15	F	67	64	69	69	269
3	Thomas	-14	F	64	66	68	72	270
4	Kuchar	-12	F	67	65	65	75	272
4	Reavie	-12	F	71	69	64	68	272
4	B Watson	-12	F	66	67	68	71	272
7	Im	-11	F	69	68	67	69	273
7	Stroud	-11	F	71	66	67	69	273
7	Woodland	-11	F	68	67	66	72	273
10	Knox	-10	F	71	66	69	68	274
10	Rahm	-10	F	67	68	70	69	274
10	Schauffele	-10	F	67	72	67	68	274
10	Varner III	-10	F	64	71	68	71	274
10	Vegas	-10	F	70	69	66	69	274
15	Hatton	-9	F	66	71	70	68	275
15	Henley	-9	F	68	68	69	70	275
15	Matsuyama	-9	F	68	69	69	69	275
15	Mullinax	-9	F	67	64	72	72	275
15	Smith	-9	F	67	65	71	72	275
20	An	-8	F	66	68	66	76	276
20	Hadley	-8	F	71	65	70	70	276
20	Hoffman	-8	F	66	68	70	72	276
20	Kokrak	-8	F	73	66	65	72	276
20	Piercy	-8	F	66	71	71	68	276
20	Simpson	-8	F	67	69	70	70	276
26	Cauley	-7	F	68	72	66	71	277
26	Harkins	-7	F	70	66	69	72	277
26	Holmes	-7	F	69	68	68	72	277
26	Homa	-7	F	70	68	71	68	277
26	Kisner	-7	F	70	69	70	68	277
26	Laird	-7	F	65	68	70	74	277
26	Poston	-7	F	65	74	68	70	277
33	Aphibarnrat	-6	F	69	70	71	68	278
33	Grillo	-6	F	67	73	67	71	278
33	Hearn	-6	F	67	68	71	72	278
33	Mahan	-6	F	70	68	69	71	278
33	McCarthy	-6	F	69	65	71	73	278
33	Schniederjans	-6	F	67	69	69	73	278
39	Harman	-5	F	69	72	69	69	279
39	Horschel	-5	F	71	68	73	67	279
39	Hossler	-5	F	70	71	66	72	279
39	Z Johnson	-5	F	71	67	69	72	279
39	Watney	-5	F	67	69	69	74	279
44	Catlin	-4	F	70	71	68	71	280
44	Hadwin	-4	F	72	67	69	72	280
44	Hoge	-4	F	67	68	69	76	280
44	Lee	-4	F	72	68	67	73	280
44	Noren	-4	F	69	72	69	70	280
44	Walker	-4	F	72	69	66	73	280
50	Cink	-3	F	69	70	70	72	281
50	Kirk	-3	F	71	70	69	71	281
50	Spaun	-3	F	69	69	72	71	281
50	Streelman	-3	F	71	67	70	73	281
50	Wolff	-3	F	67	70	72	72	281
55	Gay	-2	F	67	73	72	70	282
55	Schenk	-2	F	70	71	71	70	282
55	Snedeker	-2	F	69	70	72	71	282
55	Stuard	-2	F	71	69	71	71	282
59	Murray	-1	F	68	72	70	73	283
60	Landry	E	F	67	68	74	75	284
60	Na	E	F	68	72	74	70	284
60	Ortiz	E	F	70	68	70	76	284
60	Palmer	E	F	68	71	71	74	284
60	Pan	E	F	73	68	72	71	284
60	Ryder	E	F	72	67	71	74	284
60	Werenski	E	F	69	69	73	73	284
67	Bradley	+1	F	68	69	75	73	285
67	Champ	+1	F	70	69	71	75	285
67	Hahn	+1	F	68	72	70	75	285
70	Huh	+2	F	67	73	69	77	286
70	Jacobson	+2	F	68	72	72	74	286
72	Kodaira	+4	F	71	70	72	75	288
73	Mitchell	+5	F	74	67	74	74	289

Waste Management Phoenix Open, final leaderboard
-17 R Fowler (US); -15 B Grace (SA); -14 J Thomas (US); -12 C Reavie (US), M Kuchar (US), B Watson (US)
Selected others: -10 R Knox (Sco), J Rahm (Spa); -9 T Hatton (Eng); -7 M Laird (Sco)
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American Rickie Fowler lost a four-shot lead in bizarre fashion at the Phoenix Open but recovered to win the event.

A Fowler chip on the 11th went into the water and he took a drop shot, which also rolled back into the hazard to force him to take another drop.
He found the green and putted in for a triple bogey seven but also dropped a shot on the 12th.

South Africa's Branden Grace briefly led before Fowler birdied the 15th and 17th on the way to victory.
Fowler, 30, finished on 17 under after a three-over-par final round of 74, while Grace finished on 15 under after a two-under 69 on the last day.
"It was a bit of a rollercoaster," said Fowler. "Other than two holes, it was a decent round.
"It was a bad break with the ball rolling back in the water.
"That's what's nice about having a cushion after the first 54 holes."

Fowler survives test of character

Fowler had gone into the dramatic 11th at a rainy Scottsdale with his four-shot overnight lead intact.
However, when he attempted a straightforward pitch, his ball skidded through the green, narrowly missing a bunker before rolling into the water.
He took a drop and walked to the edge of the green to survey the shot, only to look back and see his ball roll back into the water.
Fowler was forced to take another drop - costing him a further shot - and, after leaving himself a testing putt, managed to hole it to a record a triple-bogey seven.
But it appeared to affect his focus as he also bogeyed the next, while Grace knocked in two birdies on the 12th and 13th holes to go into a one-shot lead.
Fowler birdied the 15th as both players were on 16 under heading down the final straight.
There was a two-shot swing in Fowler's favour when Grace hit his drive into the water on 17, which led to a bogey five, while the American birdied the same hole, before a par on the 18th gave him victory.