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Newsweek
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Rickie Fowler 'Coming Around' at Colonial, in Contention at Charles Schwab
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. After a pedestrian opening day at the Charles Schwab Challenge, in which he made only two birdies and two bogies, and fired an even par 70, Rickie Fowler posted a marvelous second round at Colonial. He fired a 6-under 64, which included a 6-under 29 on the front nine. Fowler birdied the 11th, 12th, and 13th holes right out of the gate, giving him the start he needed and separating himself from the cut line. "Got off to a nice start, which was great after posting even yesterday," Fowler said. "I knew that the cut was probably going to be somewhere around there." Rickie Fowler on the 12th green during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club. Rickie Fowler on the 12th green during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club./After missing six cuts last season, Fowler's first missed cut of 2025 came at the PGA Championship last week. Despite that, the former Oklahoma State Cowboy has only two top-20s this year. His best finish to date is a T-15, which came at the Truist Championship in Philadelphia two weeks ago. Fowler also shot a 29 then and that sub-30 score came during the opening round. "[My game is] definitely coming around. I know it's been slow last year and slow start to the year. Body is starting to feel better, and the game I feel like it's been in a good spot and not very far off. It's a fine line out here. Nice to see things starting to come together a bit," Fowler said. "It would have been nice to continue on from our front nine, but a solid day on a Friday. We'll see if we can get after it this weekend." Fowler added another par-breaker on the challenging 3rd — the first hole of the 'Horrible Horseshoe.' Legendary Golf Writer Dan Jenkins nicknamed this three-hole stretch on Colonial the 'Horrible Horseshoe' for its immense difficulty and because its routing is shaped like a loop. The 5th hole, the last hole of this trio, is where Fowler made his only bogey of the day. "Five is probably one of my least favorite tee shots on tour. I've done a good job the last two days with it, but there are a few spots where this course can get you, and that's one of them," Fowler said. "Probably a little bit more inviting for a lefty. Typically wind is off the left. Hazard all down the right. Now you've got kind of thick junk up the left. If you hit a good one, it's great and you get it in play up there. I only had 8-iron in today. I made a poor iron swing, but it's kind of the more you take on off the tee, it can make the hole easier from there, but it's just a good, tough hole. You have to step up and hit a good tee shot." Fowler hit plenty of solid tee shots on Friday. He found 11 of 14 fairways and ranked ninth among the field in strokes gained off the tee. If he can continue to put it in play off the tee over the weekend at Colonial, a course that requires accuracy with the driver, then Fowler should be able to post his best result of the season. More Golf: Tom Brady Gets 'Ass Kicked' on Golf Course by Controversial Country Star
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Ollie Gordon II on his Big 12 pro day performance
Oklahoma State Cowboy running back Ollie Gordon II talks with NFL Network's Bucky Brooks on his Big 12 pro day performance.
USA Today
08-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
DP World Tour rookie leads Puerto Rico Open in his first-ever PGA Tour start
DP World Tour rookie leads Puerto Rico Open in his first-ever PGA Tour start There's another Rasmus making noise on the PGA Tour. Rasmus Hojgaard, along with twin brother Nicolai, are becoming better known players on the pro circuit but this week, in the opposite-field 2025 Puerto Rico Open, fellow Dane Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen holds the 36-hole lead. Neergaard-Petersen has three international wins but just one Korn Ferry Tour start, back in 2020, the 25-year-old's lone appearance in a PGA Tour-sanctioned tour event before this week. The former Oklahoma State Cowboy has two top-10s on the DP World Tour in 2025, including a solo second at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters a month ago. "Once I get into the round and kind of get a couple holes in, it just kind of feels like any other day on the golf course really," Neergaard-Petersen said. "I'm just trying to stay in the present and take one shot at a time. That's what I said, I know with my game if I can just get the ball in play off the tee in a good spot, I'm certainly hitting my irons well enough now to never really get myself in trouble." This week at the Grand Reserve Golf Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Neergaard-Petersen has posted scores of 64 and 65. He's recorded 13 birdies and an eagle and has yet to card a bogey. Should he hang on to win, he'll earn an exemption on the PGA Tour through 2027. He'll also get into the Players Championship next week and the PGA Championship in May. A spot in the Masters, however, does not come with a victory in opposite-field events. "I'd like to kind of just keep staying patient," he said. "Undoubtedly at some point you're going to run into a stretch where you're not really converting some of those chances, might not make any birdies, but just kind of hang in there, keep giving myself chances and trust that I'm going to make enough putts come Sunday. Davis Riley is solo second at 14 under. He's seeking his third PGA Tour win after shooting 64-66 so far. Austin Cook (66-65) is solo third at 13 under. William Muow, Noah Goodwin and Karl Vilips are tied for fourth at 12 under and Harry Higgs is in a group of seven golfers tied for seventh at 11 under. There were 78 golfers who made the cut, which came in at 5 under.
