Rickie Fowler shoots 6-under 66 | Round 1 | Rocket Mortgage | 2024

In the opening round of the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic, Rickie Fowler shoots a 6-under 66 to get his title defense off to a hot start. Fowler sits two shots back of the lead heading into Friday.

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The PGA TOUR heads to Detroit this week for the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Rickie Fowler returns to defend his title after breaking his four-year win drought last year. The victory is his most recent top-15 finish anywhere, but he placed T12 here in 2020 and is also fresh off a T20 at the 2024 Travelers Championship last week at TPC Highlands. Fowler would be the first back-to-back winner in Rocket Mortgage’s history. Tom Kim will tee it up in Detroit after falling to Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the Travelers Championship last week. The World No. 16 has claimed two top-five finishes in his last four events and finished T7 here two years ago. Cameron Young, who finished runner-up here in 2022, will also be in the field this week. He became the 12th player on the PGA TOUR to post a sub-60 score with 59 in Round 3 of the Travelers last week. A T9 finish on Sunday of Travelers was his sixth top-10 worldwide this year. Others to look for include Akshay Bhatia, Will Zalatoris, Min Woo Lee and Robert MacIntyre.

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[Music] first cut got to make sure you don’t hit it high on the face and come up short that’s really well judged his best putting week of the Season at The Travelers last week maybe that’ll ignite him he noted that the putter gives him a lot of confidence frees up the rest of his game see if he can get it rolling today that’s in the Fairway that’s only 10 or 15 yards left of you got to be precise now Fowler this on a pretty good line too looks like might be a little left of the hole no right over the top of it now it’s left for the hole they’re throwing darts at the second he is not very big and he can play the game see if Valor can capitalize on this berie attempt yes he does so Following last week where we noted best putting week of the season next thing you know you just you get so caught up in the golf Ricky Fowler again pouring one in so if if Ricky is not going to make Ricky Romano carry that big heavy jug he has he carries it in his own [Applause] hand yeah an awkward one an has to land it on a down slope to get it close got to land at the rough I [Applause] believe about as good as he could do nice up and down by Fallen he’s a 200 under remember when Ricky was the young Phenom 15 years ago leaving Oklahoma State 136 really good angle that just a pitching wedon for the third straight hold up on top of a little shelf wonderful distance control great control the spin as well but not there that one was [Music] hammered Ricky fer Now set to play his second and 13 you have to be spot on here Johnson only three in front of it and three behind it this is drawn right at it another great wet shot that’s a couple now see if he can capitalize been burning the edges on the early part of the back nine Fowler second just laying up 276 yards for the hole no choice but to lay up here out of the left hand rough yeah walked all the way up to the green to take a look he trying to figure out if he can fly it up on top of this slope or not follow three yards closer than SLO that from 76 coming in really low oh put a little Sizzle on it rick it was worth the [Applause] war toe up in the air still a good fo back at the 15th Ricky Fowler very makeable here breaking to his right got pretty aggressive with it that’s going to be a little tester coming back such great rhythm in his stroke like how he hovers the putter head as well Ricky Romano his caddy by the way has broke 603 times hang in there it good little discussion it was good is all positive follow would love to make another one here he comes how pure is that Ricky fer now four under putting a charge to into this gallery on the 16th buker bunker shouldn’t be in play Johnson let’s check out this shot with our trackman Tracer technology presented by T-Mobile for business the play is definitely to come up short don’t really want to be long long this one is very high at the right side another great shot two Eagle putts coming up Ricky fer now putting up the hill for Eagle on 17 not as much movement as Cam Davis is but very slow press the gas pedal Rick six birdies for this group on the par fives on the back nine if he can get this to go down very nice this is a really solid opening round wind in and off the right just trying to keep something down that right side dude he’s starting to find something with the golf swing guys 176 M on so Pinn just five on and five from the right this is nine iron for Fowler [Applause] Rees towards the front there right on the edge made some clutch putts on 18 a year ago on Sunday and another doesn’t disappoint four under his last five for the defending champ he’ll sign for a tidy 66 out of the gates good straight round in the 60s for Ricky thanks for watching the PJ Tour on YouTube to watch more click here to subscribe click here