Par4QC But with Rickie missing cuts, there is no making a living from playing.

How true. But, looks like for the vast majority, the real $$$ is off the course. Like Arnie.

    pellmell Could Fowler's clubs, specifically his butter knifes, explain his deficient performance

    YES!!!!

    A couple weeks ago before any of the Faldo shit, I was thinking about Fowler because some friends were buying Cobra stuff. I looked into his stats and saw his SG off the tee and around the green were great but his iron play was awful. FIRST thing I said to myself was " stop playing those pretty looking blades". More than half the tour is either using a split set of some kind or a players cavity back like the Ping i210. How can he be that dumb... the worst part of your game, the hardest clubs made to hit...

        I know we said "“aim small miss small" in my Nike blade thread but it’s not working for everyone.

        Does anyone here (or anywhere) really give a flying squirrel shit what Faldo says? I doubt Fowler does.

          Obviously I don't see the ads you guys do so have no idea if it's excessive. Not sure how it could be so, it can't take long to film and ad surely? What little of RF I have seen (PGA Tour coverage is notorious for only showing players at the top of the leaderboard, even in Majors) he doesn't look comfortable on the course. Maybe working on (and through) swing changes to make himself more competitive?

          I don't know for sure but if so, considering Faldo went through a couple of iterations of that process that led him to several Major wins, I'd expect him to be more ... understanding. Also, given his life experience of unfriendly media - he once thanked them "from the heart of my bottom" while collecting the Claret Jug ... poacher turned gamekeeper for me.

          Maybe he's being prompted to be a bit more "controversial" (golf commentary/punditry is notoriously bland); let's see if he targets more than just Fowler in the coming months.

          Fowler's 2021 starts (11):
          T49
          CUT
          T28
          T57
          T29
          CUT
          T21
          T53
          CUT
          CUT
          T20

            sdandrea1
            Yep, Rickie is having a tough year. I think he'll turn it around.

            • ode replied to this.

                He has won about $450,000 this year golfing and
                he gets 9 to 10 million a year in endorsements/commercials.
                I could get by on that - maybe.

                  Like Harmon said, "“you wanted be a golfer or a Kardashian"

                  "Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ...:"

                  We all can talk...visualize ... and think, but to be what we criticize don't we first have to walk?
                  I prefer to like ALL attempts, especially at the toughest game ever invented.
                  That is why I play the game.
                  JMO

                  Par4QC Yes, they were most likely living together long before the weddings, but we know that is a different bird.

                  Well of course, they weren't having sex when they weren't married.😆

                      ode well, if he doesn't...he gets to go home and have fun with the ol lady...not the worst thing in the world😉

                      Yea, Rickie's not hurting too hard

                        garyt1957 Nonono....women get married so they can stop! It's why these young golfers are getting so frustrated after marriage.

                          Sarnella He has won about $450,000 this year golfing and
                          he gets 9 to 10 million a year in endorsements/commercials.

                          But, did these guys become golfers at that very young age, hoping to be good enough when they get older to turn Pro and get huge endorsements? Or did they learn the game, suffer along the way, working their asses off, to become the best player ever? Right now, RF is just another (overhyped from the beginning)golfer that has won a few(very few) tournaments, much like many on tour.

                          When the game goes to hell, so will the off course money. Then what?....has been????(but filthy, stinking rich, of course)