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Rickie Fowler says Nick Faldo's Masters comments were only motivation

Rickie Fowler is not taking the bait.

Asked again Friday about recent comments by Nick Faldo, Fowler took the high road.

"No, I know where Nick was trying to come from on that," Fowler told reporters at the Honda Classic, where he is T-30 after 36 holes at PGA National, "and it's like competitor to competitor, you're trying to needle each other and get each other going type of thing."

Faldo shared a tweet about Fowler potentially missing the Masters – Fowler needs a win to avoid sitting out the year's first major at Augusta National for the first time since 2010 – and then added a jab at Fowler and his many endorsement deals.