Rickie Fowler is again in motion this week after he took a while away from golf to spend together with his household.
He’ll make his first begin on the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. It is going to even be his first FedEx Cup Fall occasion of the 12 months.
This season was not his greatest, as he was No. 110 within the FedEx Cup rankings. He final performed on Tour for the Open Championship at Royal Troon in July.
Fowler completed that match in 71st place. There have been solely 9 gamers who shot increased scores than him. Since then, almost three months have passed by with out him making a begin on the PGA Tour.
The previous Oklahoma State Cowboy and his spouse, Allison, introduced the beginning of Nellie, their second little one, in August 2024. It is smart why he took an prolonged break to assist at dwelling with Maya and Nellie.
“I’ve loved with the ability to assist out as a lot as attainable,” he mentioned. “Going from one to 2, you are able to do the one collectively versus — Allison is on high of all of Nellie’s stuff in addition to Maya, however she will be able to’t be in two locations without delay.
His PGA Tour card is safe via 2025, so he didn’t essentially need to play lots in the previous few months. As a substitute, he has honed in on his cooking abilities and serving to out extra together with his oldest, Maya.
“She’s been powerful on us at instances,” Fowler mentioned about Maya. “She’s a ball of power. She’s all the time on the go — making an attempt to maintain up together with her. Had loads of one-on-one tub instances with Maya over the past two and a half three months.”
“It’s way more one-on-one time if Allison must be with Nellie. It’s been enjoyable. We’ve needed to attempt to be as strict as attainable in methods as a result of she’s within the stage of making an attempt to get away with as a lot as she will be able to and see the place these boundaries and limits are. Nevertheless it’s all a part of it. She’s two and a half, happening three. They’re alleged to be a bit naughty.”
Now that issues have gotten into the brand new routine at dwelling, Fowler is gearing up on Tour once more. He’ll play this week and said Vegas (The Shriners Youngsters’s Open) and the ZOZO Championship can be his subsequent two begins.
Fowler felt including the Sanderson Farms Championship was helpful.
“This one was sort of on my radar, and I wished to ensure I felt able to go play,” he mentioned. “Additionally with the ability to use it as — one, I wish to come right here and know and really feel like I can go win, however on the similar time put myself in a greater place to play effectively within the coming weeks, as effectively.”
He talked about that different gamers who usually take part on this occasion bragged concerning the high quality of The Nation Membership of Jackson’s course. When golfers just like the course, it might often appeal to new gamers who want so as to add tournaments to their schedules.
Fowler will look to knock off the rust this week in Mississippi. He’ll play alongside Jhonattan Vegas and Lucas Glover, teeing off at 1:45 p.m. ET on Thursday.
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