Rickie Fowler involved in furious altercation with spectator before going into meltdown
Rickie Fowler involved in furious altercation with spectator before going into meltdown
This year’s Players Championship has been unfulfilling for Rickie Fowler, and tensions escalated on the 16th tee when the PGA Tour player struck out at a fan.
At the 16th tee in the third round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, American Rickie Fowler let out his fury towards a spectator.
Although Fowler has not been at his best at TPC Sawgrass this week, he managed to make it to the weekend and was among the first players off in the third round on Saturday. With Fowler’s caddie Ricky Romano standing on the 16th tee at one over par for the competition, he urged spectators to turn off their phones.
Nevertheless, one fan in particular did not appear to follow through, and as Fowler striped his tee shot down the middle, he became enraged and confronted them.
Fowler exclaimed, pointing a finger toward the gallery, “You! How do you do this? “Come on, I just said something,” Romano said in front of his caddie. Then it seemed to completely throw Fowler off, because even though his drive split the fairway, disaster was on the way.
The 35-year-old’smomentwill be remembered as the PGA Tour player hit not one, but two shots from the fairway into the water on the right side of the h
