Rickie Fowler has more than seventh place colonization chances

You won’t know this by looking at his results page, but Rickie Fowler is closure. That’s his argument.

Since winning on Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2023, Fowler has finished only the top ten in 40 games. Fowler has been on hunts several times this season but hasn’t been able to string together the four good rounds he’s required to work hard. He had controversy over the cognitives, but it faded away on Sunday. He hit Star Golf to open the player before being hit by TPC Sawgrass over the weekend. Two weeks ago, Fowler burned the Philly Cricket Club in the first round in the Truist Championship game, but was trapped in neutral for the last three days, ending with 15 tie.

The flash was there all the time. There are seven birds here. There are eight birds there. But they are always in trouble. This Rickie Fowler is still looking for that Rickie Fowler. But it’s there. He felt it.

“Absolutely different,” Fowler said in the players when asked about his feelings from winning the flagship game 10 years ago. “As a player, I feel better than that. I still learn a little bit back then. Obviously a great player, but I feel like I have a better understanding and control more, and now I’m better than that.”

Fowler is still welcomed by fans, sponsors and his peers. After not receiving a sponsor exemption to the Arnold Palmer Invitational (who received the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational), Fowler received a waiver for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) legacy, Truist Championship and PGA championship. Fowler once said that he knew about the speeches he received about the waivers, most notably the PGA champion. He understood the result of criticism, but he used it as motivation as he continued to defeat his former self.

“I’m going to say something negative, and it helps me because it makes me a little bit out and prove that people are wrong,” Fowler said at the Truist Championship. “I think the players in 2015 said I was the most overrated player and that week would be fine.”

Fowler missed the PGA cut and then opened a ho-hum, even opening this week at the 2025 Charles Schwab Challenge.

But the 36-year-old appeared Friday and fired a 64-down shot to climb the rankings and hit himself five shots from 36-hole leaders Ben Griffin and Matti Schmid. Fowler supported this on Saturday with a 67-under 67 to reach 9 and narrowed the gap to four. He will join Griffin and Schmid in the final group, both under 13.

Fowler will begin on Sunday at the Colonial where the Chase Position is. But he will also be the only time in the final victory experience. Griffin won a team, but the personal box has not been checked yet. Schmid has three top ten in the backup game this season. His best career was the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship, where he finished third.

Rickie Fowler has been grinding for the past two years. He will be the first to tell you that he is not doing well this year or the end – certainly not in line with his professional level. But he didn’t feel lost, nor was he like he was in the wilderness. It’s right there. That’s a frustrating thing about golf. Reality is not usually what it appears.

“It’s tough,” Fowler told CBS’s Amanda Balionis after Saturday’s third round. “It’s a really good line here. You’ll probably be so close and look far away. With everyone here at the level, that’s what makes it look much worse than it is. Keep going and get a little positive here and there and give yourself something and give yourself something, maybe feel good and keep going.”

Fowler last played in the last group on Sunday? 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

“I’m looking forward to it,” Fowler said. “I mean, I’ve been there for a long time. I’ve seen some really good golf here and there. Very comfortable in this place. I’m very comfortable here. I really enjoy playing in the colony.

Sunday at Colonial Country Club will be the final blow to that boulder by six-time PGA Tour champion Rickie Fowler and put all the pieces together – from closure arrive Finally there.

For Rickie Fowler, there was a chance to flush all of this frustration and be in the Charles Schwab Challenge Sunday That Rickie Fowler again.