Despite PGA Tour’s Attempt To Steal His $1,584,000 Glory, Rickie Fowler’s Hardwork Brought Him a Big Reason To Smile

The long-awaited era of Rickie Fowler has finally returned this season. Much to the pleasure of fans, their favorite player gave a stellar performance at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday and returned home as a 6-time PGA Tour winner.

This win has not only brought a shiny trophy and a big paycheck of $1.58 million for Fowler, but it has also brought him a big added benefit that he has been looking out for for years now. And not even the PGA Tour’s recent blunder was enough to overshadow this whopping feat!

Fowler’s Rocket Mortgage win brought him even more success

The last couple of years were full of disappointment for Fowler. Not only was he visibly struggling at his game, but his OWGR ranking also took a huge dip. But with a sheer amount of hard work, he has now turned the tables and become golf’s latest hot topic.

This season, Fowler has achieved many extraordinary feats. From multiple top-10 finishes to setting the lowest ever round score of 62 at the US Open, the PGA Tour pro has come a long way from his slump. And with these stunning finishes and his recent victory, Fowler has also managed to boost his OWGR rank.

At the end of the year 2021, Fowler’s ranking had taken a hard hit, and he was 103rd on the charts. It only got worse when, in September 2022, his ranking fell to 185th, his lowest in over a decade. However, this year has been good to Fowler! Things began looking up for him, and by April 2023, he had climbed back into the top 100 to the 59th rank.

And now, thanks to a blockbuster performance last weekend, the golf pro has made it to the top-25 and is now ranked as World No. 23 as per the OWGR. This feat is certainly commendable and serves as a good boost to the Orange Crush fanbase too, who were undoubtedly sour after the Tour’s broadcasting blunder last weekend.

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A technical error at Rocket Mortgage left Rickie Fowler fans furious

On Sunday, the day of the final round of Rocket Mortgage, bad weather forced the PGA Tour to push the tee times four hours ahead. Meanwhile, the TV schedule was overlooked. While the fans present at the Detroit Golf Club had the fortune of watching Fowler win live, by the time it was broadcast on TV, it was already too late!

News of the orange-clad golfer’s win had already been announced for hours and was rapidly making its way across social media and the internet. The fans were undoubtedly infuriated, and rightly so; after all, just like Fowler, they too had been waiting for the win for over 3 years.

His stunning playoff finish last week has now also gotten him closer to his best ever OWGR ranking, which came in 2016 when he was bumped up to world no. 4 after winning the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship.

Do you think he can surpass that ranking now with the hot streak he’s on? Let us know in the comments below.

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