Rickie Fowler Comes Close To First PGA Title at Bridgestone Invitational

As the PGA Tour’s reigning Rookie of the Year, Rickie Fowler has yet to win a tournament on the tour.

But Sunday’s second-place finish in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational assured that it is no longer a matter of if, but when.

Fowler finished Sunday’s final round with a 4-under 66 and a tie for second with Luke Donald--who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world.

Both finished four strokes behind winner Australian Adam Scott, who held off a bold early challenge by Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa to clinch his eighth PGA Tour victory by four strokes.

One ahead overnight in the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event, Scott tightened his grip on the title with three birdies in five holes after the turn before closing with a flawless five-under-par 65.

With Tiger Woods's experienced former caddie Steve Williams, Scott kept his cool on a hot, sticky afternoon at Firestone Country Club to post a 17-under par.

Ishikawa, at 19 bidding to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in 100 years, bogeyed the last for a 69 to finish in a tie for fourth at 12-under with Australian Jason Day (69).

Brit Donald and American Fowler each birdied the par-four 18th for matching 66s. Both will take home the second-place purse of $665,000.

Fowler is a 2007 graduate of Murrieta Valley High School, who spent much of his youth training on Murrieta courses and at the Murrieta Valley Golf Range on Washington Avenue.