Will Rickie Fowler ever make a cut on the PGA Tour again?

[Tiptx1122]

On 6/10/2022 at 8:46 AM, Frankensteins Monster said:

Maybe with more players gone he has a better shot to make a cut? 🤷

[hellojude]

He's going to LIV so he won't have to worry about making cuts anymore. 

[CaymanS]

He'll make cuts, but should take the money and run.  Much easier way to make a living for a few years.

[Shilgy]

On 6/10/2022 at 5:46 AM, Frankensteins Monster said:

Maybe with more players gone he has a better shot to make a cut? 🤷

In all fairness he has made the last 4 and 10 of 16 cuts for the season.

 

Great? No…of course not.  But sucks? Nope, not that either.

[scotee]

I will be disappointed if Ricky and/or Tony bend over for the LIV.

[Holy Moses]

On 6/9/2022 at 8:58 PM, TheMoneyShot said:

At least RF hasn’t sold out yet…

100% certain Rickie will leave for LIV

[Golfer4Life]

At what time Ricky is teeing up at Brookline?

 

My bad, my bad....Too early?

[bfactor]

As the first alternate from what was probably the 4th strongest sectional, he may still have a decent chance to tee it up on merit.

Edited June 12, 2022 by bfactor

[So_Cal]

Say what you will about Rickie but golf is more interesting when he’s playing in the majors. 

[Golfer4Life]

10 minutes ago, bfactor said:

As the first alternate from what was probably the 4th strongest sectional, he may still have a decent chance to tee it up on merit.

That's true.

[Tiptx1122]

18 minutes ago, So_Cal said:

Say what you will about Rickie but golf is more interesting when he’s playing in the majors. 

That was how many years ago as now he is lucky to qualify for any Majors

[redfirebird08]

1 hour ago, Holy Moses said:

100% certain Rickie will leave for LIV

He’s a perfect candidate for this thing. Big name but a struggling golf game. That guaranteed money has to look pretty much impossible to turn down for him. 

[brianwy]

No, he will be part of LIV golf within a couple weeks and the PGAT will be in his rear view mirror.

[Golfer4Life]

24 minutes ago, brianwy said:

No, he will be part of LIV golf within a couple weeks and the PGAT will be in his rear view mirror.

I just don't know how his current sponsors would react to it.

[brianwy]

2 hours ago, Golfer4Life said:

I just don't know how his current sponsors would react to it.

How many years do you think it would take Farmers and Rocket Mortgage to pay him the $25M or so he will get up front?  Just like BD or Oosthuizen, he wont care what they think....

[theodoreb]

3 hours ago, Golfer4Life said:

I just don't know how his current sponsors would react to it.

Puma is huge in Europe and the Middle East, I do not think they will care.

[Holy Moses]

5 hours ago, Golfer4Life said:

At what time Ricky is teeing up at Brookline?

 

My bad, my bad....Too early?

I think he’s the first alternate. He’ll probably play.

[Holy Moses]

4 hours ago, redfirebird08 said:

He’s a perfect candidate for this thing. Big name but a struggling golf game. That guaranteed money has to look pretty much impossible to turn down for him. 

Someone to keep Ogletree company at the back of the leaderboard. Rickie can tell him what the PGA Tour is like since Andy will never get there.

[JRS1939]

5 hours ago, So_Cal said:

Say what you will about Rickie but golf is more interesting when he’s playing in the majors. 

And this is a very specific reason tour players deserve a guaranteed salary.  The pga STILL gains viewers via the brand and name rickie fowler has built.  He's 94th on the 2022 money list with $981,000.   He'd made them wayyyyy more than that this season. 

[grm24]

41 minutes ago, Holy Moses said:

I think he’s the first alternate. He’ll probably play.

There are multiple first and second alternates from each of the sectional qualifying sites. So while Fowler is the first alternate from his USGA qualifying site it doesn't mean he is the overall first alternate for the event. IIRC the USGA is very tight lipped about how it uses the alternates to complete the field if there is a W/D.

[redfirebird08]

23 minutes ago, JRS1939 said:

Fowler is 94th on the 2022 money list with $981,000.   He has made them wayyyyy more than that this season. 

 

I strongly doubt that. 

[JRS1939]

4 minutes ago, redfirebird08 said:

 

I strongly doubt that. 

You strongly doubt that Rickie Fowler has no fan base? 

[Holy Moses]

6 minutes ago, redfirebird08 said:

 

I strongly doubt that. 

Why?

[redfirebird08]

1 minute ago, JRS1939 said:

You strongly doubt that Rickie Fowler has no fan base? 

 

I strongly doubt that he's bringing in the type of money that you suggest. He's not doing it through TV ratings, that is for damn sure. The only one who draws a strong rating even when he plays poorly is Tiger. I doubt Fowler is the main draw in ticket sales at this point either. Having said that...

 

It's worth pointing out that Fowler likely is being paid plenty of money by corporate sponsors of the Tour. Would he have that money without the Tour? I don't think so. They gave him the platform and then probably hooked him up with a lot of the sponsors behind the scenes.

 

This is where I think Mickelson is off the rails with some of his logic. Dude has made $800 million of endorsements but that's not good enough. I find that to be insane considering golf's lack of popularity compared to other sports. He has been extremely well-compensated compared to other stars in the other sports. Good for him that he was able to snooker the Saudi government into shelling out way too much money for him at age 51. Good for Fowler if he's in the process of doing something similar given the rubbish state of his game. 

 

[manku]

If you follow European Soccer, you may recall "Oscar" who played for Chelsea and the Brazil International Team...he was really good.

 

Took a paycheck from the Chinese league (something crazy like $25mm a year guaranteed for 4 years)...he basically said they made him "an offer he couldn't refuse".

 

Hasn't appeared since for Brazil, and has disappeared from the public eye/conversation...but I assume his bank account is hefty.

 

Not everyone cares about their legacy or source of funds...they just want to enjoy a nice, easy life.

[bulls9999]

God, if he can't with all the Liv defections they've had, his opportunity is better than ever, so COME ON RICKIE!!  

[imakaveli]

Will Rickie Fowler ever care about making a cut on the PGA Tour again?

[Tiptx1122]

5 out of 6 last holes boogie golf, It's time Rickie, make the move to LIV while they will accept you as maybe now they won't. 

[joshrad_golf]

Everyone goes through slumps. Rickie has a good team around him. If his motivation and drive doesn't change, I believe he'll work himself out of it 

[ThePoaWiggle]

On 6/19/2022 at 7:31 AM, manku said:

If you follow European Soccer, you may recall "Oscar" who played for Chelsea and the Brazil International Team...he was really good.

 

Took a paycheck from the Chinese league (something crazy like $25mm a year guaranteed for 4 years)...he basically said they made him "an offer he couldn't refuse".

 

Hasn't appeared since for Brazil, and has disappeared from the public eye/conversation...but I assume his bank account is hefty.

 

Not everyone cares about their legacy or source of funds...they just want to enjoy a nice, easy life.

£400,000/week x4yrs. I do think he will be back in Europe, unfortunately 30+ and his prime years were spent at SIPG. Great player at Chelsea. 

Edited June 24, 2022 by ThePoaWiggle