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Chamblee: Fowler 'brilliant' in Rd. 1, but he better keep it in the fairway

No worries for Fowler: 'Stress-free 66 makes a lot of things better'

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Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee marveled over the ball-striking display Rickie Fowler put on Thursday in the first round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, but he wondered if Fowler’s flat swing makes it tougher for him to win a major.

Fowler opened with a 5-under-par 66, one shot behind the leader, Justin Rose.

“What he did today, I would dare say, was something we may never see again,” Chamblee said on "Live From the U.