Rickie Fowler’s inspection box in main mission, but another loom
Josh Schrock
Rickie Fowler played a ticket to the general election title on Sunday, but another big task is coming
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Rickie Fowler makes the most of his sponsors’ waiver to the 2025 Memorial Championships.
Having a steady week in the Charles Schwab Challenge, Fowler this week unblocked in the Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, leading 69-73 on the weekend, finishing seventh in the score below one stroke. Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his championship with four shots.
However, with the top 10, Fowler won a 153-time open championship at Royal Porthush. The Memorial Championship has an open championship position that can be awarded to the highest non-waived players. Fowler ended the game with Brandt Snedeker, who shot 65, but Fowler won the game through him in the official world golf rankings.
Rickie Fowler returns to the Royal Portrait.
Fowler, runner-up at Royal Liverpool in 2014, qualified for the 153rd Open through his performance in the Memorial Competition held at Workday. pic.twitter.com/sy2jcixn4v
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“Well, we’re leading the way,” Fowler said on Sunday after winning the scene. “It’s still a lot better this week, but it’s important to be positive that characterization is the timeline I want. I had a great time when we last appeared and performed well. So Links Links Golf is my favorite. Protush is a great place to be excited about this opportunity.”
Fowler won’t have much time to enjoy his secured tickets to Northern Ireland, though.
Fowler will compete in the 36-hole qualifier at the Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Columbus, Ohio on Monday as he does not exempt the 2025 U.S. Open.
Fowler has a significant immunity to hope to gain momentum from Jack Nicklaus’s positive week and gain a place in Oakmont’s lawsuit in two weeks.
“Tomorrow is a long day,” Fowler said. “Hopefully we saved all putts for tomorrow because there was nothing in or didn’t want to go in today, which is a recent thing. Still hit a lot of really good putts, just covered the cover. Yes, tomorrow I’m excited for tomorrow. We went to drive the golf course earlier this week. But, it was a long day earlier this week.
Max Homa, Matt Kuchar, Padraig Harrington, Cameron Young and Liv Golf’s James Piot also competed in the Kinsale qualifying venue on “The Longest Day in Golf”.
After winning the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, Fowler has been working hard to rediscover his old form. His 2024 season was tough and he was not eligible to participate in the 2025 Masters. He missed the layoffs at the 2025 PGA Championship held at Quail Hollow Club. He competed in the Charles Schwab Challenge and recognized classics, but his chances came through a bad weekend round. He started to be popular in the Players Championship and was beaten by TPC Sawgrass on the weekend.
But Fowler now released three top 16 in his last four games, including a T15 in the Signature Event Truist Championship and this week’s T7 in the Memorial.
Fowler, who has always insisted that he is doing the right job and is better than the rise of a decade ago, finally saw what his time has gained in background gains.
“I’m now much better than where I was earlier this year,” Fowler said. “I’ve been fighting hard, putting in a lot of work, trying to be as patient as possible. Starting finally seeing something good, the work is starting to pay off, so I’m excited about tomorrow’s first and most important game, seeing we can play some solid golf and get myself started in Oakmont and there and then start from there.”
Rickie Fowler has a chance to enter the Royal Portrait. He did it.
On Monday, he had to do it again to get to Oakmont.
Rickie Fowler’s beautiful approach leads to the birds of the memorial
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Josh Schrock is a writer and journalist at Golf.com. Before joining golf, Josh was an insider of Chicago Bears in NBC Sports. He has previously reported 49 people and fighters in the NBC Sports Bay area. Josh, an Oregon native and UO alum, spent time hiking with his wife and dogs, pondering how ducks will be sad again and trying to become half-mature. For golf, Josh will never stop trying to break the 90s and never lose Rory McIlroy’s major drought will end (update: he did). Josh Schrock can be contacted at josh.schrock@golf.com.
