In the final of the 2018 Waste Management Phoenix Open, Gary Woodland fires the low round of the day (64) to get into a playoff and claim his 3rd PGA TOUR victory against Chez Reavie. This was his first win on TOUR since 2013 at the Barracuda Championship, but perhaps one that was inevitable for this season as he was trending in the right direction after a T7 at the Sony Open in Hawaii and a T12 at the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this season.
The victory comes less than a year after he and his wife Gabby experienced tragedy when one of their twins was lost in a miscarriage. An emotional Woodland couldn’t help but smile as he held Jaxson Lynn, who survived the pregnancy, after holing the final putt.
Unfortunately for Rickie Fowler, he leaves the desert empty-handed once again after struggling on Sunday and posting a two-over 73 to finish at 12-under 272. Fowler held the lead entering Sunday, the sixth time he’s had the 54-hole lead in a PGA Tour event. But only once has he been able to close out the win. Two-time defending champion Hideki Matsuyama WD, citing a wrist injury.
Source: PGA TOUR
