LONDON — Rickie Fowler paid tribute to his good friend Phil Mickelson after capturing the Scottish Open title at Gullane on Sunday to lift his morale before this week's British Open at St Andrews.
Fowler, 26, birdied three of his closing four holes in a final round of 68 to win by a stroke on 12 under par.
This year's Players Championship winner set up only his second victory outside the United States and his fourth as a professional with a wedge shot to two feet for birdie on the final hole.
Fowler was the second American in two years to capture the Scottish title after Mickelson won at Castle Stuart in 2013 before claiming a first Open Championship at Muirfield.