Following His Glorious Victory, Rickie Fowler Candidly Reveals the Silly Behind the Scene ‘Battle’ He Had With Jon Rahm

The much-awaited WGC Dell Technologies Match Play began on Thursday this week. Fans were quite excited to see their favorite PGA Tour stars take each other on one-on-one. Among the pairings, they were most excited about was that between Jon Rahm and Rickie Fowler. Both have been in peak form of late, and the golf fans knew it was a match that would certainly entertain. While they watched the two pros fight it out on the course, little did they know that the battle had begun long before they set foot on the grass!

Rickie Fowler vs. Jon Rahm: A war that started off the course

Fowler and Rahm were paired up against each other during the first round of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on Thursday. After a splendid comeback, Fowler went on to win by two with one hole to spare. But as per Fowler’s post-round interview, their match had started long before either had swung their clubs on the course!

On Thursday, before the round began, the 5-time PGA Tour winner was at the gym clad in all black. Just when he had finished his warm-up, Rahm stepped in to begin his, and he too was dressed in black! “He was joking about whether we were matching out there today,” said Fowler. “I was like, well, I’ve got kind of a tropical, floral shirt, and he’s like, I do, too.”

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Coincidentally, both pros had floral shirts picked out for the first round of match play. While Fowler had donned a black floral shirt, the Spaniard opposed him perfectly with a white one. And so “the battle began early” between the two.

Fowler claims himself to be lucky to have won

The one-time major winner had a brilliant start to their pairing up. He took an early lead and maintained it right until the 10th hole. But that’s when things started falling apart! At the 11th hole, Fowler took the lead, and by the 15th hole, he was 2 up. He maintained it till the 17th, winning himself the match in a glorious comeback. “It was a bummer to see him struggle the way he did,” said the American star.

Fowler believed that Rahm, unfortunately, had an off day and he was “fortunate” to have won. “I know he’s going to give the guys a hard time the next couple days because that was very uncharacteristic,” he claimed. The PGA Tour star was certain that the abrupt loss was a one-time fallout for the Spanish golf great, and that he would make his way back to winning.

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