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We all witnessed the upsetting loss of Jon Rahm at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. And guess who defeated him? The PGA Tour pro-Rickie Fowler. The way Spaniard has been playing this year, no one expected that the former number-one amateur golfer would defeat him. But the tables turned, magic happened, and the golf world reacted to it. Now the question arises, will Fowler show his magic at Masters 2023 as well?

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The golf world celebrates the victory of Rickie Fowler

The Instagram handle of the PGA Tour posted a series of videos of Fowler’s first round with Rahm. “Upset alert 🚨 @RickieFowler takes down Jon Rahm in their first round match @DellMatchPlay.” The match began with Fowler losing two holes to the Spaniard, but on the eighth hole, the universe began to turn in his favor. With a par, the PGA Tour pro completed the 460-yard par 4, cutting his deficit to just one. Rahm struggled throughout the final nine holes while Fowler made three birdies. By the par-3 17th hole, when both players made par, the Oklahoma State graduate had increased his lead over Rahm to two, giving him the group stage triumph.

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Fowler believes, “Jon obviously didn’t play very well today. Not his normal on the greens. Ball striking was a bit off.“However, the golf world believes otherwise. According to them, it was not Rahm’s poor performance but Fowler’s skills that led him to win. The fans said, “That boi Rickie is back!” followed by “Good good efect🙌🙌🙌,” and “Rickie playing good and winning is good for the PGA!! He has flare and character just what the comp needs.” The fans showered more love on the former number four golfer.

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They said, “ALL MY HOMIES LOVE RICKIE,” “Love to fuckin see it,” and “New swing Rickie is starting the takeover 🔥” Comparing both the pros, fans expressed their views and said, “we were all routing for rickie let’s be honest,” followed by “Enjoy watching both guys but man Rickie finding success again is fun to watch!” And that was not it. More and more comments were in favor of the golfer. Comments like, “Not an upset Rickie the goat,” and “If this guy figures out the driver he will be back with a capital B” shows that fans have full confidence in him.

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Is the pro golfer winning Masters 2023?

Before we can reach the conclusion of the question, one must know that Fowler is yet to receive his ticket to Augusta. He lost his last two chances to play at Masters, but this year maybe it. Comments like “Rickie winning the masters ????” and “Fowler will win the masters” show the fans are excited to witness Fowler at Masters this year. However, his recent success will be tested at Austin Country Club this week at the Match Play, where his Master’s invitation could be on the line.

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After this week, the Top 50 players in the world will receive invitations to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. The PGA Tour player was ranked no. 59 in the world when he entered Austin. Although he has recently been playing much better, he must remain focused if he wants to travel to Augusta in two weeks. Even the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship winner knows what he needs to do. He said, “I’m going to need to play well all three days.”

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A Commerce graduate who turned her passion into her profession, Saumya is a Golf writer at Essentially Sports. Having developed the love for the sport at a very young age, she watched Tiger Woods and caught inspiration from his legacy early on. Apart from Woods, she shares great admiration for her country's players like Vishwanathan Anand and Neeraj Chopra.

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