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When Was the Last Time Rickie Fowler Won on the PGA Tour?

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Rickie Fowler during the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open

At one point in time, Rickie Fowler was one of the brightest young stars on the PGA Tour.

After spending 36 weeks as the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2007 and 2008, the Oklahoma State product turned pro in 2009. And it didn’t take long for Fowler to turn some heads.

In his first PGA Tour event as a pro, he tied for seventh at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. And just one week later, he tied for second at the Frys.com Open. In 2010, he continued to play well, recording seven top-10 finishes in 28 starts, including a pair of runners-up. The year after that, the California native earned four additional top-10s, including a tie for fifth at The Open Championship.

Fowler finally broke through for his first PGA Tour victory at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship, outlasting Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points in a playoff.

In 2014, he joined an elite group of players by finishing in the top five at each of the four major championships. After tying for fifth at the Masters, Fowler tied for second at both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship and closed out the major season with a tie for third at the PGA Championship. That was also the year he cracked the top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

In 2015, Fowler notched a pair of PGA Tour victories, winning The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in dramatic fashion and also taking the second event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the Deutsche Bank Championship. He also won an event on the European Tour that year.

After another European Tour win in Abu Dhabi in early 2016, Fowler reached his highest point in the OWGR at No. 4. Fowler notched PGA Tour win number five in 2017, winning the Honda Classic.

Since then, however, he’s added several more top-10 finishes in majors to his resume but has still yet to win one. He’s also won just one additional time on the PGA Tour and dropped as low as 185th in the OWGR, although he worked his way back into the top 50 in the spring of 2023.

So exactly when was the last time Rickie Fowler tasted victory on the PGA Tour?

When was the last time Rickie Fowler won on the PGA Tour?

The last time Rickie Fowler won a PGA Tour event was all the way back in February 2019 at the WM Phoenix Open.

The tourney marked Fowler’s fourth official start of the 2018-19 season. He played well in the first two, tying for fourth at the Shriners and tying for 16th at Mayakoba, but was coming off a tie for 66th at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines coming into Phoenix.

But Fowler got off to a hot start at TPC Scottdale, firing a 7-under 64 in the opening round, giving him a share of the lead with good friend Justin Thomas and future LIV Golf winner Harold Varner III. He continued his solid play in the second round with a 6-under 65 and fired another 64 on Saturday to get to 20-under for the week.

With a four-shot lead heading into the final 18 holes, Fowler struggled a bit on Sunday with a 3-over 74 but still took a two-stroke victory over Branden Grace, the same man whose all-time major championship record he tied more than four years later when he shot the lowest single-round score in U.S. Open history at Los Angeles Country Club.

The closest Rickie Fowler has come to winning since earning that fifth PGA Tour victory was a tie for second at the 2019 Honda Classic and a tie for second at the 2022 Zozo Championship.