Why is Rickie Fowler not in the Honda Classic field? Real reason explored

Rickie Fowler is a fan favorite in every tournament. The American golfer always makes time in his hectic schedule to pose for photos and sign autographs for his fans. He will not, however, compete in the upcoming Honda Classic.

Fowler will miss this year's tournament. He has been competing in tournaments for the past five weeks, dating back to the beginning of 2023, and will most likely take a break at the Honda Classic.

It did not surprise his fans as they were probably hoping for the same. In a comment on the post shared by a fan account, they wrote:

"LOL. It means absolutely nothing dude. Playing 5 weeks of golf is a lot, have to take an off week in there somewhere. Do better."

"He’s played a lot of golf over the past 3 months and going across country is tiresome. Only time will tell."

The tournament is scheduled to start on February 23 and will continue until February 26 at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Rickie Fowler is competing in the Genesis Invitational, which is underway at the Riviera Golf Course from February 16 to 19.

Following the conclusion of the third round, Fowler is at T45 and has a one-point deficit. Jon Rahm is the match's leader, followed by Max Homa and Keith Mitchell.

Rickie Fowler came in second place at the Zozo Championship in 2022. It was reportedly his best finish since the 2019 Honda Classic, where he tied for second.

Fowler has won nine tournaments since turning professional in 2009. Despite the fact that he is yet to win a major championship, Fowler is very popular among golf fans.

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The 2023 Honda Classic field

• Anders Albertson
• Tyson Alexander
• Byeong Hun An
• Ryan Armour
• Arjun Atwal
• Aaron Baddeley
• Erik Barnes
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Akshay Bhatia
• Zac Blair
• Joseph Bramlett
• Ryan Brehm
• Hayden Buckley
• Jonathan Byrd
• Marcus Byrd
• Eric Cole
• Tyler Collet
• Trevor Cone
• Pierceson Coody
• Austin Cook
• Ben Crane
• MJ Daffue
• Cam Davis
• Thomas Detry
• Luke Donald
• Zecheng Dou
• Jason Dufner
• Tyler Duncan
• Nico Echavarria
• Austin Eckroat
• Harrison Endycott
• Harris English
• Dylan Frittelli
• Brice Garnett
• Brian Gay
• Michael Gligic
• Fabián Gómez
• Will Gordon
• Tano Goya
• Brent Grant
• Cody Gribble
• Ben Griffin
• Lanto Griffin
• Bill Haas
• Chesson Hadley
• Paul Haley II
• Harry Hall
• Nick Hardy
• Padraig Harrington
• Scott Harrington
• Jim Herman
• Kramer Hickok
• Garrick Higgo
• Harry Higgs
• Lee Hodges
• Charley Hoffman
• J.B. Holmes
• Billy Horschel
• Mark Hubbard
• Sungjae Im
• Stephan Jaeger
• Zach Johnson
• Michael Kim
• S.H. Kim
• Chris Kirk
• Russell Knox
• Satoshi Kodaira
• Andrew Kozan
• Kelly Kraft
• Matt Kuchar
• Andrew Landry
• Hank Lebioda
• Danny Lee
• Min Woo Lee
• David Lingmerth
• David Lipsky
• Adam Long
• Shane Lowry
• Peter Malnati
• Ben Martin
• Brandon Matthews
• Denny McCarthy
• William McGirt
• Max McGreevy
• Adrian Meronk
• Ryan Moore
• S.Y. Noh
• Alex Noren
• Henrik Norlander
• Vincent Norrman
• Andrew Novak
• Augusto Nunez
• Sean O’Hair
• Ryan Palmer
• Taylor Pendrith
• Cameron Percy
• J.T. Poston
• Aaron Rai
• Chad Ramey
• Doc Redman
• Davis Riley
• Patrick Rodgers
• Kevin Roy
• Sam Ryder
• Rory Sabbatini
• Adam Schenk
• Matti Schmid
• Matthias Schwab
• Robby Shelton
• Greyson Sigg
• Ben Silverman
• Webb Simpson
• Austin Smotherman
• Kyle Stanley
• Sam Stevens
• Sepp Straka
• Robert Streb
• Chris Stroud
• Brian Stuard
• Justin Suh
• Adam Svensson
• Callum Tarren
• Ben Taylor
• Martin Trainer
• Kevin Tway
• Erik van Rooyen
• Jhonattan Vegas
• Camilo Villegas
• Jimmy Walker
• Matt Wallace
• Trevor Werbylo
• Richy Werenski
• Kyle Westmoreland
• Danny Willett
• Aaron Wise
• Brandon Wu
• Dylan Wu
• Carson Young
• Carl Yuan