Golfer Profile: Rickie Fowler
The year 2010 uncovered some of the fresh new talents of golf. Where legends like Tiger Woods experienced the worst downfall in the history of the sport, other stars grabbed the opportunity to become famous. This year, young players
such as Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy came forward. Seeing Fowler in the spotlight this season, let’s look at what he’s all about.
Currently on the PGA Tour, Fowler hails from Anaheim, California and spent his early years in Murrieta, California attending Murrieta Valley High School. Presently, Fowler resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Interestingly, his maternal
grandfather is Japanese which is where he gets his middle name -Yutaka- from.
Held on October 1st 2007 was the Fighting Illini Invitational hosted by the University of Illinois. Hitting a 203 (70-63-70), winning the tournament by one stroke and achieving his first scholastic victory was the man who wears
orange on the final day of a championship in the honour of his brainery - Rickie Fowler. In the summer of 2006, Fowler was also the winner of Western Junior though later that same year participating in the U.S. Junior Amateur, Fowler was knocked out in the
second round of match play with a 137 for two rounds, the victor being Phillip Francis.
In 2007, representing the U.S., Rickie Fowler teamed up with the American player Billy Horschel at Walker Cup to gain two victories ( 2-0 ) in foursomes and a final score of 3-1 after attaining a 1-1 in singles. Further in 2007,
Fowler won the Sunnehanna Amateur in June and the Players Amateur in July. Just a year later, Fowler defended his title at the Sunnehanna Amateur Open.
That same year, Rickie made one of his best scores when he shot a -1 (70) bringing him up for a tie in 7th place sharing the spot with Derek Fathauer and Michael Thompson at the U.S. Open. Playing superbly in the first
round, he was one of the three amateurs to make the cut. Fowler tied for 60th at that tournament. A year later in 2009, Rickie played on the Eisenhower Trophy and came in second place. Appearing in the walker Cup, Fowler won all the matches he played
hence assisting the American team in winning the Cup. During all his matches, Fowler paired with Bud Cauley.
2009 was when Fowler made his professional debut as he played the Albertsons Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour. In September 2009, there was news of Fowler signing a multi-year equipment deal with Titleist as well as Puma for clothing.
Since then, there has been an addition of Rolex onto that list. His first PGA Tour event was the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals For Children as a professional where he finished seventh and the second one being the Frys.com Open getting an eagle in each
of his four rounds and an eloquent score of 18 under par which is inclusive of a hole in one on the fifth hole in his final round. With such an impressive performance, Fowler was bound to attain the 2010 PGA Tour card.
This year, Rickie finished second at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Another runner up finish was at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin Ohio. Entering the final round, Rickie managed to post a 73 and hence finished behind Justin
Rose. This win hoisted Rickie to end up in the top 50 of the World Rankings. Currently, Rickie is ranked 28th in the world. This year, Fowler was also chosen as the captain’s pick for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
With so many achievements at such a tender age, The Rookie of the Year award is another achievement Fowler has under his belt in 2010. The accolade has surely boosted his spirits, and made him eager to achieve more in the coming year.
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