![]() ![]() Just had a bit of a hanging lie from the fairway and caught the first one a little low on the face,” Fowler said. “Obviously pissed off but nothing I can do about it now. As soon as it landed in the high grass, on the wrong side of the line, a marshal waved his arms to signal it was a goner. The ball drifted right, then farther right, and Fowler’s expression never changed as it sailed toward the out-of-bounds line that looms all along the right side of the 18th. ![]() It was clear, as soon as the ball left the clubface, that a nightmarish result was unfolding. He drew the club back, and fired a low bullet in the direction of the green. Fowler figured he could thread a long iron between the two bunkers in front of the 18th green, and showed little hesitation as he stood over the ball. Another birdie - or perhaps an eagle - would tie a bow on a banner day. He’d just made a birdie on the treacherous 17th, and he stood at 2-under par, tied for 5th place. ![]() He’d struggled early in the round, but on the back nine, he was hitting the ball beautifully. And he needed that stoicism on the 18th hole of his opening round Thursday.įowler was standing in the middle of the fairway, 289 yards from the green, and in an ideal position. He is stoic and steady when others are quick to throw tantrums. Rarely does he flinch, in good moments or bad. One thing, however, has not changed: Fowler still possesses the game’s best poker face. “Kind of weird to think how long ago it was,” Fowler said. He won a tournament for the first time in four years, climbed the world rankings, and is once again a factor in majors. He re-hired his old swing coach, they rewired his swing DNA dramatically. Opens and the Open Championship in a three-year span. He missed three straight Masters, two U.S. He lost his game, hired a different swing coach, spiraled further, then bottomed out. HOYLAKE - So much has happened in Rickie Fowler’s life since the Open Championship was last held at Royal Liverpool in 2014, where he finished tied for 2nd. ![]()
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