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Rickie Fowler Wins First Pro Tournament in Korea

28. Nov, 2011 0 Comments

It might not have been the green jacket and trophy he was hoping for, but on Sunday afternoon 09 October 2011 on the other side of the globe, Rickie Fowler finally captured his first professional victory.

At first glance the victory doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Sure, he finally won a pro event, but after watching him blow leads and crumble down the stretch on the weekend in PGA Tour tournaments, the move to fly clear across the world to South Korea to play in the OneAsia Tour’s Korea Open seemed like a desperate attempt to get a win against a watered-down field.

But if you look closer at the leaderboard, you’ll notice a couple big names right behind Fowler: Rory McIlroy and Y.E. Yang, two guys with major championship wins on their resumes.

Fowler didn’t just win another tour event; he took down an international event with some of the best names in the field making a push in the final round, including McIlroy, who fired a 64 on Sunday.

Fowler won by an impressive six shots, but it may have been the way he made a charge on Saturday — firing a 63 to grab the lead — that made you believe the 22-year-old is going to be a major player on the golf scene for a long time to come.

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It might not have been the green jacket and trophy he was hoping for, but on Sunday afternoon 09 October 2011 on the other side of the globe, Rickie Fowler finally captured his first professional victory.At first glance the victory doesn’t seem like that big of a deal. Sure, he finally won a pro event, but after watching him blow leads and crumble down the stretch on the weekend in PGA Tour tournaments, the move to fly clear across the world to South Korea to play in the OneAsia Tour’s Korea Open seemed like a desperate attempt to get a win against a watered-down field.But if you look closer at the leaderboard, you’ll notice a couple big names right behind Fowler: Rory McIlroy and Y.E. Yang, two guys with major championship wins on their resumes.Fowler didn’t just win another tour event; he took down an international event with some of the best names in the field making a push in the final round, including McIlroy, who fired a 64 on Sunday.Fowler won by an impressive six shots, but it may have been the way he made a charge on Saturday — firing a 63 to grab the lead — that made you believe the 22-year-old is going to be a major player on the golf scene for a long time to come.