PGA Tour veteran Rickie Fowler had a confrontation with a golf fan in the course of the third spherical of The Gamers Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Fowler was able to tee up on the par-5 16th hole, the place he was 1-over on the event on the time. However, when he made contact, an ungainly one-handed end confirmed on the published and he instantly fired his finger at somebody within the gallery to his proper.
“You!” he yelled at a person.
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Rickie Fowler performs a shot on the 14th gap in the course of the third spherical of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass on March 16, 2024, in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures)
“What are you doing?” Fowler’s caddie, Ricky Romano, stated as effectively.
There was allegedly a problem with the person’s cellphone going off, to which Romano stated to close it off a number of occasions before Fowler stepped up to the tee.
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Nevertheless, the person clearly didn’t silence the cellphone and Fowler heard it as he was going to swing. In fact, golf etiquette requires silence when a participant swings their membership.
Fortunately for Fowler, his tee shot on the 523-yard landed on the golf green. However he continued to talk with the person as the published confirmed the ball land within the quick stuff.
Rickie Fowler in the course of the third spherical of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass on March 16, 2024. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures)
However Fowler ended up double-bogeying the sixteenth gap, capturing a seven which may get him to 4-over for the spherical. That’s the way in which issues ended, as Fowler shot 1-over on the entrance 9 and 3-over on the again after going bogey, bogey, birdie, double bogey from holes 13-16.
Fowler’s event began off with a 2-over on Thursday after bogeying his remaining two holes of his spherical. However he seemed to be again on monitor when he shot a 3-under 69 in spherical two to make the reduce and be underneath par heading into the weekend.
Fowler, 35, is not any stranger to reacting to stuff occurring within the gallery, as he infamously shrugged at one bystander who commented, “What are you doing?” when he left a putt quick throughout a previous event.
Rickie Fowler’s event began off with a 2-over on Thursday after bogeying his remaining two holes of his spherical. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures)
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That state of affairs led to a bellow of laughter from the gang, however this second was one which created a tense environment at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Seashore, Florida.
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