Champ Kind Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rickie Fowler's stunning victory at the $10 million Players Championship was unquestionably the perfect riposte to any criticism of his perceived inability to close out tournament wins. Much more significantly, through, his thrilling playoff win after four extra holes at the TPC Sawgrass thrust his name back into the conversation about the players most likely to dominate the game at the highest level over the next decade. Fowler has been bracketed with Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth and Jason Day as golf's most exciting 'young guns' but doubts had surfaced after he started this year with a solitary career win on the PGA Tour despite several close calls along the way. Regardless of the survey's merits, Fowler used the results as strong motivation as he stormed to the top of the Players Championship leaderboard with an eagle-birdie-birdie finish in regulation before sealing victory in the playoff. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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