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Why you’re in the stands’ – Rickie Fowler claps back at heckling fan with brutal jibe
Rickie Fowler was in no mood for hecklers during his third round at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
The 36-year-old was in contention at the Florida course, tied sixth, when he was putting for a birdie on the par-4 16th.
He sent the long putt just to the right of the hole and must have heard something from the stands.
As he was going down place his marker, he said: “Of course you know.”
Before adding: “That’s why you’re in the stands.”
The six-time PGA Tour winner did manage to compose himself to tap in the par.
Fowler carded a three-under-par 68 to keep himself in contention for Sunday’s final round.
Jake Knapp leads the field on -13, while Fowler is three shots further back in tied-sixth.
He needs a solid final round to achieve his first PGA Tour win since the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
Over the last few years he has seen his ranking slide as he struggles for results on the tour.
Once ranked as high as world number four, he started 2025 at 74 and has dropped even further to 95th place.
Fowler is one of the nearly men of his generation, having finished inside the top five at a major on nine occasions.
His 2014 season saw him end up second at The US Open and The Open.
His difficult spell has been compounded by his request for a sponsor’s exemption into next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, at Bay Hill, being rejected by tournament organisers.
Explaining the decision, Palmer’s grandson and former tour pro Sam Saunders told Golfweek: “Rickie’s one of my friends but it has to be non-biased. You try to make sponsor exemptions to be objective and not subjective. And I think that’s what our team did quite well.
“I think every one of us wants Rickie Fowler to be playing in the tournament, we love him.
“He’s been one of the best spokespersons on behalf of my grandfather and carrying on that legacy, nobody does it better than Rickie Fowler.
“Rickie had gotten a couple of opportunities for exemptions in the elevated events already, and that was something that had to be taken into consideration.
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Express Sport brings you the latest tennis news from the Paris Masters.
We’re reaching the business end of the Paris Masters, as eight players become four in the French capital. Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to lift the trophy after Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out by Cameron Norrie in the Spaniard’s opening match. Norrie was then beaten by Valentin Vacherot, whose amazing 10-match winning streak at Masters 1000 level came to an end when he lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Canadian star Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Bublik in the semis. Bublik defeated Alex de Minaur, who is among those to have already qualified for the year-end ATP Finals. Sinner is through to his first Paris Masters semi-final after beating Ben Shelton. He’ll face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who survived a tough match against Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic is not involved in the Paris Masters, having decided to skip the event for the second year in a row, but he has learned his fate in the draw of next week’s ATP 250 in Athens. And over in Riyadh, the WTA Finals are about to get underway.
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