2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open leaderboard

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What happened at the Waste Management Phoenix Open?

Rickie Fowler claimed his first PGA Tour victory since February 2017 with a two-stroke win over Branden Grace.

The American survived a final-round meltdown that included a farcical penalty on the 11th – but more on that in a bit.

Fowler’s rollercoaster round also included what will likely be one of the best up-and-downs of the season as he saved par from the cart path on the 3rd.

Are you kidding, @RickieFowler?! ?

He just saved par from the cart path.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/uQECyGKNoO

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 3, 2019

Fowler was 2-over for on the day at the turn, but it was the back-nine where the drama really kicked in.

Rickie’s five-shot lead vanished in the space of two holes as he triple-bogeyed 11 and dropped another shot at 12.

The lead was then tied thanks to a fine run by Grace, including gains at 9, 12 and 13, but he couldn’t sustain his place down the stretch.

A bogey from the South African at 17 lead to a huge momentum swing back into Fowler’s favour and from there he got the job done, despite finding the long stuff at 18.
< Click here to read Joe Hughes’ full round up from the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open.