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Rickie Fowler produced a stunning performance to capture last years Players Championship, and here we take a look at his winning birdie - his third of the day at the feared 17th. Just days after a magazine article claimed Fowler and Ian Poulter were the most over-rated players on the PGA Tour, the young American silenced the doubters with an amazing finish as he covered the final six holes in six under par to finish tied at the top with Kevin Kisner and Sergio Garcia.In the events first three-hole play-off, both Fowler and Kisner birdied 17 and parred 18 before heading back to the 17th tee without Garcia, who failed to find the birdie he needed to extend his involvement. Mark Roe looks at the amazing finish Rickie Fowler had on the 17th hole to win the 2015 Players Championship And having already knocked two wedges to within 10 feet of the cup on the infamous island green, Fowler took dead aim again and smote another precise blow - this time to just four feet.Kisners birdie putt missed the target and Fowler held his nerve to secure the biggest victory of his career, but little did he know that Sky Sports commentator Mark Roe was in close attendance.Click on the video above to watch Roeys analysis of Fowlers remarkable winning birdie ... Also See: Players Championship live blog Watch: Amazing birdie save Golf live on Sky Sports 4 World Rankings Air Force 1 Discount .C. -- Steve Spurrier was much happier about South Carolinas improved performance than about his lastest career milestone. Air Force 1 Green Store . 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Jack Nicklaus told him not to be afraid to change the way he plays, even in the middle of a round. Smartly, he only followed up with one of them. "Do you just ring him up," a reporter asked about McIlroys budding relationship with Nicklaus, "and say, Im popping in?" "I dont ring him up," McIlroy chuckled, "I ring his secretary up and say, Id like to schedule a meeting, please. But its been great to spend some time with him. I feel like Ive got a really good rapport." The two had lunch in Florida a week after the Memorial, the PGA Tour stop where Nicklaus plays the gracious host but isnt shy about asking tough questions. Not about relationships, mind you, unless you count questions about where to slot the club at the top of the backswing. "He said to me, he goes, How the hell can you shoot 63 (in the first round) and then 78 (in the second)?" McIlroy recalled. "I said, I wasnt meaning to, Jack. Im trying not to." That began a conversation between the two on the subject of trust. Nicklaus told him the moment he sensed his swing was sliding off the rails in that second round, he would have made a change "right then and there." "The mental strength to be able to do that," McIlroy paused, still marveling at the idea. "Hopefully," he added a moment later, "some of those little nuggets of wisdom that he passed on to me might help this week." Success came so fast for the 25-year-old Northern Irishman it was easy to assume hed mastered most of golfs lessons. But it took an old soul like Nicklaus to point out where some of the big gaps remained. When McIlroy wins, he usually wins big, running away from the field the way he did at the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional. What he has yyet to prove is whether he has the patience and toughness to grind out victories, a trait that served Nicklaus and Tiger Woods well over decades.dddddddddddd If nothing else, the back-and-forth with Nicklaus has put the idea in his head. "Its going to be a test of patience," McIlroy said about Pinehurst No. 2. "And I think I am better equipped than I was a few years ago. The U.S. Open I won was a very ... was abnormal. It was wet. It was low scoring. I havent won a tournament whenever its been like this. Thats why Im relishing the challenge. "Its conditions that I havent won in before and Id love to be able to prove to myself, but also prove to other people that I can win in different conditions. Its a great opportunity to do that this week." While Nicklaus will be McIlroys model this week, he hasnt ignored Players advice altogether. In the wake of his very public breakup with Wozniacki, he has lowered his social media profile and already won once. He concedes that balancing his public life he has with the private one he wants is an act hes still working on. "Its nice when you get out on the golf course because youve got five hours of youre just out there with your clubs, with your caddie, trying to shoot the best score possible," McIlroy said. "Thats the approach that Im sort of adopting from now until whenever." The conversation with Nicklaus appears to be taking hold. Much harder to learn will be the desire that catapulted Nicklaus to 18 major victories — the stubborn pride that made him back off a 4-footer on the last hole of a tournament he wasnt going to win even in the final years of his career, because it mattered to him to shoot 77 instead of 78. "Golf has sort of been a nice release for me the past few weeks. I just want to try to keep focused on that," McIlroy said. ___ Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org and follow him at http://www.twitter.com/JimLitke ' ' '
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