ORLANDO, Fla. – Rickie Fowler doesn’t have a plan in place. He’s going to play it by ear, as the cliché goes: practice, play golf, watch his phone and, yes, maybe even watch some golf. But it won’t be easy.
“It’ll suck,” Fowler admitted when asked about his plans for next week – Players Championship week.
For more than a decade Fowler has spent Players Championship week at TPC Sawgrass with a head filled with glory. He made his first start at the PGA Tour's marquee event in 2010 a year after turning pro. He’s seen the “fifth major” transition from May to March, played for titles and missed the cut and was there when the world come to a surreal halt two years ago as the pandemic forced officials to cancel the event after 18 bizarre holes.