Earlier this month at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Rickie Fowler returned to professional golf for the first time in nearly three months. Fowler, who was on a break from the game, did very well at the tournament as he registered a top-20 finish, landing at T16.
After his outing at the Sanderson Farms Championship, Fowler will now play at the Shriners Children's Open this week. Ahead of the tournament, the 35-year-old, in a press conference at TPC Summerlin, talked about the one thing he wants on his resume by the end of his time on the PGA Tour.
Fowler said (via ASAP Sports),
"Yeah, I mean, if you can remove yourself from a situation, because you always want more, but to go back and just think about ultimately what I wanted to do as a kid my dream was just to play on the PGA TOUR and win on the TOUR. We've taken care of that, and it's nice to have that in our back pocket, but, yeah, reassessing and having that behind us, like I said, as competitors out here you continue to want more even if you accomplish all the things you kind of dreamed of doing."
He added:
"So those kind of reassessing and setting new goals. For me being close in majors and then to having some -- a few off years, getting back to playing a bit more how I did two seasons ago and just playing some good golf and put myself in position to win tournaments. You know, be nice to be able to have a major, if not multiple, on the resume by the time I'm done with this."
In his professional career, Rickie Fowler has never won a Major championship. However, it's worth noting that six of his ten professional victories to date have come on the PGA Tour. His last professional victory came at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2023.
What time will Rickie Fowler tee off in Round 1 of the 2024 Shriners Children's Open?
In Round 1 of the 2024 Shriners Children's Open, Rickie Fowler will tee off at 10:28 AM ET. In the first round, Fowler will tee off alongside Canadian golfers Taylor Pendrith and Nick Taylor. Here is a detailed list of the tee times and groupings for the upcoming event (all times ET):
Tee No. 1
- 9:55 a.m. – Ryan Moore, Robby Shelton, Chan Kim
- 10:06 a.m. – Callum Tarren, Patrick Fishburn, Hayden Springer
- 10:17 a.m. – Charley Hoffman, Ben Griffin, Rico Hoey
- 10:28 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Gary Woodland, Francesco Molinari
- 10:39 a.m. – Luke List, Lee Hodges, Taylor Moore
- 10:50 a.m. – K.H. Lee, Ryan Brehm, Daniel Berger
- 11:01 a.m. – Davis Riley, Seamus Power, Chad Ramey
- 11:12 a.m. – Scott Piercy, Eric Cole, Zac Blair
- 11:23 a.m. – C.T. Pan, David Lipsky, Roger Sloan
- 11:34 a.m. – Chesson Hadley, Brandon Wu, Will Gordon
- 11:45 a.m. – Ryan McCormick, Norman Xiong, Dan McCarthy
- 2:45 a.m. – Joel Dahmen, Greyson Sigg, Vince Whaley
- 2:56 a.m. – Doug Ghim, Joseph Bramlett, Jacob Bridgeman
- 3:07 p.m. – Ryan Palmer, Aaron Baddeley, Pierceson Coody
- 3:18 p.m. – Matt McCarty, Kevin Yu, Tom Kim
- 3:29 p.m. – Cam Davis, Stephan Jaeger, Tom Hoge
- 3:40 p.m. – Davis Thompson, Kurt Kitayama, Trey Mullinax
- 3:51 p.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Kisner, Adam Schenk
- 4:02 p.m. – Danny Willett, Beau Hossler, Ben Taylor
- 4:13 p.m. – Lanto Griffin, Justin Lower, Morgan Hoffmann
- 4:24 p.m. – Alexander Björk, Tom Whitney, Ian Gilligan (a)
- 4:35 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Paul Barjon, Caden Fioroni (a)
Tee No. 10
- 9:55 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Matt NeSmith, Ben Silverman
- 10:06 a.m. – Michael Kim, Alex Smalley, S.H. Kim
- 10:17 a.m. – Justin Suh, Ben Kohles, Sami Valimaki
- 10:28 a.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Nick Taylor, Rickie Fowler
- 10:39 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, J.T. Poston, Harris English
- 10:50 a.m. – Harry Hall, Camilo Villegas, Webb Simpson
- 11:01 a.m. – Chris Gotterup, Adam Svensson, Matt Kuchar
- 11:12 a.m. – Nate Lashley, Troy Merritt, Carson Young
- 11:23 a.m. – Taylor Montgomery, Matti Schmid, David Skinns
- 11:34 a.m. – Mark Hubbard, Tyson Alexander, Alejandro Tosti
- 11;45 a.m. – Trace Crowe, Kevin Dougherty, Erik Matthewson
- 2:45 a.m. – Keith Mitchell, Henrik Norlander, Chandler Phillips
- 2:56 a.m. – Tyler Duncan, Kevin Streelman, Sam Ryder
- 3:07 p.m. – Hayden Buckley, Andrew Novak, Dylan Wu
- 3:18 p.m. – Nick Hardy, Nico Echavarria, J.J. Spaun
- 3:29 p.m. – Cameron Champ, Brendon Todd, Andrew Putnam
- 3:40 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Erik van Rooyen, Chez Reavie
- 3:51 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Brice Garnett, Adam Hadwin
- 4:02 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Ryan Fox, Carl Yuan
- 4:13 p.m. – Garrick Higgo, Martin Laird, Sam Stevens
- 4:24 p.m. – Joe Highsmith, Wilson Furr, Nicolo Galletti
- 4:35 p.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Christo Lamprecht, Neal Shipley