A very cool kick-off for the Fourth of July as one of golf’s favorite players won the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the first hole of a three man playoff. Hard to belive it’s been almost four years since Ricky Fowler has won a golf tournament, but such has been the case.
He’s been so close in recent weeks you knew this was coming…. and it did after the rough ending in LA at the U.S. Open.
We were driving back from Crested Butte to Denver listening to the final holes and it was painful as Rickie Fowler crumbled down the stretch. But he’s hung in there and he got it done in the last two holes on Sunday with back to back birdies.
I think anyone who loves golf feels good about Rickie’s win on Sunday. The way CBS decided to cover the final round sucked, but it is what it is. I stayed off the internet and watched the delay broadcast as it were live.
I loved Rickie Fowler’s words after the win…”It’s great to win, but there’s more to life than just winning.”
Those are words all of us need to remember from time to time.
There’s still one major left before the Fedex Championships with the British Open three weeks away.
Good luck, Rickie Fowler.