'Screaming at him': Resurgent star's 'crazy' ace

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Rickie Fowler's resurgence continues, with his 10th spot decorativeness astatine the Phoenix Open highlighted by a final-round hole-in-one.

Fowler's 6-iron recovered the spread astatine the 216-yard seventh hole, his 3rd ace connected the PGA Tour and archetypal since 2015.

Once regarded arsenic a near-certainty to triumph aggregate majors, the 34-year-old fell retired of the world's apical 150 successful 2022.

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Two top-10 finishes precocious successful 2022 paved the mode for an improved 2023, he's present finished 11th and 10th successful his past 2 starts.

His last circular playing partner, Australia's Jason Day, has been done akin struggles successful caller years.

"I recognize what he's going through," Day said.

"I deliberation helium understands what I'm going done arsenic well. So it's bully to spot him playing immoderate truly bully play due to the fact that for a infinitesimal determination some of america weren't playing great. I don't deliberation our caput abstraction was successful the champion of shape.

"Sometimes you consciousness similar -- you're playing against the champion players successful the world, but sometimes it's conscionable you don't judge successful yourself and you benignant of suffer spot successful your ability."

Fowler hasn't won connected the PGA Tour since the 2019 Phoenix Open, but Day noted that adjacent arsenic Fowler struggled for form, helium remained a fan-favourite.

"It's bully to beryllium capable to spot him backmost playing immoderate truly bully golf. Because I played 18 holes with him contiguous and helium was decidedly the favourite beauteous overmuch astir the full play course," helium said.

"Every spread they're screaming astatine him.

"But precise seldom bash you spot a hole-in-one arsenic well. It was bully to beryllium capable to spot him spread retired due to the fact that evidently erstwhile helium holes retired they're going to spell adjacent crazier. "

Scottie Scheffler regained the satellite No.1 ranking aft shooting a last circular 65 to people a two-shot triumph implicit Canada's Nick Taylor.

Day finished fifth, 7 shots disconnected the pace.

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