who is ricky fowler...young golfer

Related to Terry Folwer maybe???

ya he is a PGA pro, almost won a tourny about a month ago. He grew up racing in So Cal but decided to concentrate on golf once he hit high school.

That is what I was thinking.

edit: A little googlin' said his fathers name is Rod

http://golf.puma.com/us/en/2009/09/30/rising-star-rickie-fowler-joins-p…

And he was the collegiate golfer of the year at Oklahoma state as a true freshman. Kid dominated in college.

Fowler is one of the "next young guys" on the PGA tour, playing really well in his rookie year, been in contention in a few tourneys already, pretty high on the money list as well, sits in 14th right now, over $2 million earned in the first half of the year.

You'll know him when you see him in a tournament, he looks more moto than golf!

Golf Digest Interview

Looks like he made the smart choice! $500K already and he's just getting started. At least they spelled motocross right in the golf magazine!

He's good at both,Chose golf over moto for the love of money!

Rod Fowler raced Vintage Races for years............core.

Or simple common sense for a long prosperous future with far better odds of success.

On my visit to Matt and Jake i was given his old golf clubs by his mate Ryan that grew up riding and playing golf with him, needless to say Ryan parred or birdied every hole and i was left hacking my way to each whole.

Hey Bobby, a few of us golf lovers have been following him on the tour this year, is having a great first year, i think he is leading the Rookies. I believe Hamy knows and rides with him, Here is an artcle on him from Golf Digest.

Rickie Fowler 'Motocross made me a bit fearless on the course.' We get it. Your faith in the young guys has been shaken. From Charles Howell III to Adam Scott to Anthony Kim, so many potential stars remain more potential than stars. Now, along comes Rickie Fowler, tagged as golf's next hot item. So what's different about Fowler beyond the Dutch Boy hairstyle? For starters, he spent much of his California youth airborne on dirt bikes, and in golf he leaned on an old driving-range pro for advice and never used video to analyze his swing. Perhaps best of all, in this era of the slow, dull grind, this kid plays fast and loose. Just 21, Fowler is fearless.

You lost in playoffs at Nationwide and PGA tour events last year and won more than half a million bucks in four events after turning pro in September. Do you say, Hey, I'm not going to wait until I'm 24 to win? Obviously it's going to take a great week, but that loss in the Nationwide Tour playoff gave me more confidence that I can win out here.

What are the parallels between motocross and golf? Motocross made me a bit fearless on the course. I've taken the more conservative route on the bike now, but I'm still taking risks and having fun on the golf course.

When you were revving up your dirt bike to fly off jumps, did you have an innate sense of This is going to be fun! So your thinking was less fear-based and less rooted in Boy, I hope I don't fall!? Definitely. I mean, on a dirt bike, when you're sizing up a jump you can't have any second thoughts. You have to fully commit. If you don't, a lot of things can go wrong. And when things go wrong on a bike, it's a lot worse than when they go wrong on the golf course. Once you commit, you just go. Same goes for a golf shot.

Your Dad Rod was into Motocross right?He's still at the track two to three times a week. He got me started riding when I was 3. He owns a sand-and-gravel/truck-and-transfer business that he started right out of high school, so he's able to spend a good bit of time with me.

But you travel mostly with your mom. She's kind of like my manager. Mom always got me to school and the driving range while Dad was working. She also kept me quiet and humble. Both of them taught me to let my golf do the talking.

How would you describe your upbringing? I'd say middle class. We weren't members at a club I grew up at a driving range. Barry McDonnell is the only golf instructor you've worked with, and he's in his 70s now. We started working when I was 7. We'd go to the end of the range, he'd smoke his cigar, and I'd be hitting away. We never laid sticks on the ground for alignment, and we never used a video camera. I don't think he knows how to operate one. He just taught me my own swing and how to know where the clubface is. We worked more on ball flight and making sure the ball was starting where I wanted it to.

What advice from him sticks with you? Beat Old Man Par.

You were swinging your dad's driver when you were 3. How did that shape your swing? As a little kid I used to start the backswing way to the outside, and then I had a big loop where I'd lay it off and drop it way under. Now you could talk to some of the guys I've played with through the years, like Colt Knost, and they'd say I go straight back and straight through compared to the way I used to swing. I take it back a little shut and a little out and get to the top fairly square, and then I have a little hitch layoff. It's definitely nontraditional. It's my own. I didn't really try to model it after anyone. It's on the quicker side in terms of tempo. Definitely. There are times when my playing partner's on his backswing and I feel like I could make impact 10 times.

You play fast, too, which is refreshing. That goes back to my motocross days. Get the number, decide on the shot I want to hit and go. I usually have everything figured out before the other guys hit.

smart kid!

Ricky is an awesome golfer!

Good pal of Hambones!! Ask Sean how Rickie hits that friggin little white ball~~long and straight!!

Rod is good people and a fast Vet rider..... We talk all the time and Hamblin is good friends with Rickie. Super solid family, Ive been to a few different Golf Tournaments to watch Rickie play with Rod and Sean and his style definately attacks the course. Self taught swing and crushes the ball.

Funny story at Torry Pines he was paired with Phil Mickelson and while walking down the fairway Rod and Sean chirped over to him and pointed at a Bunker / Rolling green. Ricke yells out "Yea looks like about 4th gear pinned" and Phil Mickelson looks at him like WTF? Pretty funny. Colorful player and exactly what Golf needs. Expect to see the cross over into moto next year somehow someway!

Rickie had a gnarly 120ft putt in the final round of the British Open today.. pretty spectacular.. heres the link
http://www.opengolf.com/...6814&num=2&fld=Video

That was sweet, thx for link, he had a good run today went from like 54th to 14th i think?

What a jammy bastard haha, great putt.

Come Friday evening i thought he had missed the cut, was pleasantly surprised to see him place T14th

He beat Tiger by a stroke!
Not bad for a 21 year old motocrosser.
Awesome job. Sounds like a great kid. Hope he continues to do well.

love that kid!

Like the bright orange outfit. He should get a moto clothing sponsor.

The bright Orange has to do with the fact that he attended Oklahoma State.

Thanks for the link!

I dunno Bob, Oakley has some duds that would look good out there and they def. have the bucks.