Rickie Fowler has livid altercation with fan and yells ‘what are you doing’

Rickie Fowler ended up in an indignant face-off with a spectator on the third spherical of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

Fowler has not been on high kind this week however did handle to make the reduce in Florida. On the sixteenth tee and at one-over-par for the competitors on Saturday (March 16), his caddie Ricky Romano kindly requested followers to silence their mobiles.

But one crowd member ignored the request. As Fowler smacked his tee shot down the center, he grew to become distracted by the fan, and he did not disguise his fury.

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Fowler pointed his finger at them and fumed: “You! What are you doing?” Before Romano chipped in: “Come on, I just said something.” The incident did appear to disrupt Fowler, reviews The Mirror. Despite beginning nicely along with his drive, issues quickly fell aside.

The 35-year-old PGA Tour star hit not one, however two pictures straight into the water on the fitting facet of the outlet. But after taking two penalty drops, Fowler confirmed a contact of sophistication.

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He smacked his sixth shot proper up near the outlet, leaving it solely six inches away. Fowler ended up with a double bogey seven on the outlet, earlier than ending his third spherical with two pars on the par-three seventeenth and par-four 18th.

This left the world’s thirty third finest golfer signing off on a disappointing four-over-par 76, leaving him three-over for the event with simply 18 holes left to play.

Sadly, Fowler hasn’t been capable of finding the shape that noticed him bounce again in his golf sport in 2023. He hasn’t managed to crack the top-30 in any of his seven PGA Tour begins this yr, along with his finest end result being a tie for thirty fifth place on the Genesis Invitational final month.

After discovering himself outdoors the world’s top-100 this time final yr, the American participant made a comeback, scoring his first win in over 4 years on the Rocket Mortgage Classic final June.

There have been sturdy rumours that he may comply with Jon Rahm to LIV Golf late final yr, however Fowler determined to remain loyal to the PGA Tour, regardless of the temptation of a big-money contract. The American star featured closely within the recently-released second season of Netflix’s Full Swing, and put an finish to any hypothesis of him making the swap to Saudi.

In spite of the large sums accessible, Fowler said his drive is fuelled by successful PGA Tour titles. Sharing with Netflix cameras, he defined: “[Joining LIV] wasn’t the best choice for me. I’m not out there playing for a pay check, I’m out there playing to compete with the best players in the world and I believe the Tour is the best place to be. I’d like to see it continue to be like that.”