Rickie Fowler is again in motion this week after he took a while away from golf to spend along with his household.
He’ll make his first begin on the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. It can even be his first FedEx Cup Fall occasion of the yr.
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 larger 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 baby, in August 2024. It is sensible why he took an prolonged break to assist at residence 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 prime of all of Nellie’s stuff in addition to Maya, however she will’t be in two locations directly.
His PGA Tour card is safe by 2025, so he didn’t essentially should play loads in the previous few months. As a substitute, he has honed in on his cooking abilities and serving to out extra along with his oldest, Maya.
“She’s been powerful on us at instances,” Fowler mentioned about Maya. “She’s a ball of vitality. She’s at all times on the go — attempting to maintain up together with her. Had a number 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 attempting to get away with as a lot as she will and see the place these boundaries and limits are. Nevertheless it’s all a part of it. She’s two and a half, occurring three. They’re imagined to be a bit naughty.”
Now that issues have gotten into the brand new routine at residence, Fowler is gearing up on Tour once more. He’ll play this week and acknowledged Vegas (The Shriners Kids’s Open) and the ZOZO Championship can be his subsequent two begins.
Fowler felt including the Sanderson Farms Championship was useful.
“This one was sort of on my radar, and I wished to verify 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 could possibly 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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