by NORTON, Mass. — Rickie Fowler (Navajo) won the Deutsche Bank Championship with one big putt. Henrik Stenson might have lost it with one big mistake.
Fowler rallied from two shots behind with five holes to play by making a 40-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole. He played flawless the rest of the way for a 3-under 68 and a one-shot victory Monday at the TPC Boston.
Stenson never trailed until his tee shot on the par-3 16th came up short and bounced into the water for a double bogey. One shot behind, the Swede could never catch up and had to settle for a 70.
“Just kind of hung in there today,” Fowler said. “It’s pretty special.”
The win moved Fowler to third in the FedExCup standings in the process. The victory was Fowler’s second of the season (THE PLAYERS) and third of his career.
“I’ve been playing well the past couple of years,” Fower said. “It was just a matter of time before I knocked down the door.”
Stenson said the 7-iron he hit on the 16th tee got caught in the wind. He called it a “killer blow.”
“I obviously pulled the wrong club on 16 and was trying to get the most out of a 7-iron into the wind and ballooned that one a little bit and that was the crucial mistake, making double there was really a killer,” he said. “I tried to get those two shots back or at least one to force a playoff on the last two holes and couldn’t manage to do it.”
The top five in the FedExCup standings are: Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Fowler, Stenson and Bubba Watson.
