Justin Rose Takes Lead From Rickie Fowler To Win 2010 Memorial Tournament

Justin Love played a bogey-free Round 4 to shoot past Rickie Fowler and win the 2010 Memorial Championship. It’s the first-ever PGA Tour win for the 29-year-old Englishman.

21-year-old Rickie Fowler held the lead for the better part of the tournament, but he stumbled in the back nine on Sunday, committing a bogey on the 10th and a double-bogey on the 12th.

We’re in the final nine holes of the Memorial Tournament, and Rickie Fowler is no longer the leader. Justin Rose has shot 5-under through 15 holes in Round 4 to take the tournament lead. As of this writing, he’s two strokes ahead of Fowler, who has four holes left to play.

Rose has four European Tour wins to his name, but has never won a PGA Tour event.

It’s Round 4 of the Memorial Tournament, and Rickie Fowler remains at the lead. Through the front nine, he answered a second-hole bogey with two birdies to put him at 1-under for the round and 17-under for the tournament.

Justin Rose shot a strong Round 1 on Thursday, but faded into the pack in Rounds 2 and 3. On Sunday he’s bouncing back, having birdied 4 of his last 5 holes. He’s at 16-under, one behind the lead in second place.

Ricky Barnes, who lit the course on fire with a 10-under Round 3, is at par through the front nine thanks to a double-bogey on the seventh hole. He stands one stroke behind Fowler.

Phil Mickelson would need a miracle to win the Memorial Tournament this year, but he’s shooting 3-under through twelve holes, enough to vault him into a tie for fourth place.

Although Tiger Woods is sequestered into a tie for fifteenth place, he’s delivering a performance that mortals would find respectable. On Sunday, he’s following up 3-under days in Rounds 2 and 3 with a 1-under Round 4.

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Through the first two rounds of the 2010 Memorial Tournamentm, Ricky Barnes’ play was adequate. In Round 3, it was spectacular.

Barnes shot a 62 for the round -- one away from tying the all-time course record. He managed a bogey-free Saturday while converting eight birdies and an eagle, and currently stands at 13-under through three rounds.

Barnes has played professionally since 2003. He has never won a PGA tournament, having suffered a collapse in the 2009 U.S. Open.

Rickie Fowler is ripping up the course at Muirfield Village. Through the first two rounds of the 2010 Memorial Tournament, the snappy-dressing 21-year-old has posted scores of 65 and 66 to take a three-stroke tournament lead.

Fowler has never won a PGA Tour event, but he was the top-ranked amateur golfer for 36 weeks during 2007 and 2008.

Trailing Fowler by three strokes is Switzerland’s Justin Rose. Phil Mickelson’s second-round 71 wasn’t as impressive as his 67 on Saturday, but he remains in the top ten. Tiger Woods shot a 3-under 69 in Round 2 to bring him into a tie for 25th.

Entering Round 3 on Saturday, here is what the top of the leaderboard looks like:

1. Rickie Fowler (-13 for tournament)

2. Justin Rose (-10)

T3. Tim Petrovic (-9)

T3. Jim Furyk

T5. Jason Day (-8)

T5. Spencer Levin

7. Stewart Cink (-7)

T8. Phil Mickelson (-6)

T8. Alex Cejka

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