Rickie Fowler’s PGA Championship was treading water on Friday afternoon. He was 1 over on the day and 1 under for the tournament going into the final two holes at Baltusrol on Friday afternoon both of which are par 5s. The leaders were separating themselves, and Fowler knew he needed to do something special at the end.
He did.
Fowler went birdie-eagle to flip his round on its head, get to 4 under on the tournament and play his way into the afternoon pairings on Saturday after a pair of 68s to open his tournament. He’s just five strokes back of leaders Jimmy Walker and Robert Streb with six golfers between him and those two leaders.