Fowler Says PGA Prez Apologized For Strange Valhalla Finish

With forecasted storms and a history of having to come back the next day, the PGA of America chose not to change the late start at Valhalla and it led to a bizarre 18th hole scene.

Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson reluctantly waved up Rory McIlroy, who was spared having to stand on the 18th tee or worse, come back the next day to finish off his win. Rex Hoggard reports that PGA of America president Ted Bishop has apologized to Fowler about how things went down and has exchanged text messages with Phil Mickelson.

“We were fine with them hitting their tee balls up, but we were not in a position where we were going to let them hit their approach shots,” Fowler said. “Will it ever happen again in a major championship? No.”