Hideki Matsuyama survives in the desert, Rickie Fowler coughs up the lead, record crowds pack a beleaguered TPC Scottsdale, Bubba Watson ticks off the locals and more in this week's edition of Monday Scramble:
The stage, the crowd, the shots – it was the ideal platform for Fowler to validate his standing in golf’s hierarchy. The only problem was that he lost.
Searching for his fifth worldwide title in his last 20 starts, Fowler’s trademark has been calm, cold-blooded golf under pressure. After all, that’s how he won at The Players, by playing the final six holes in 6 under.