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‘Butter Swing’: Rickie Fowler’s Dream Backyard Range Forces Surfing Legend Kelly Slater, Jason Day, and Many Others to React

Published 11/29/2022, 12:47 PM EST

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Rickie Fowler has been in the news for several reasons in the last few months. However, most of those reasons have been his amazing performances during professional tournaments. Surprisingly, the golfer is in the news again for something very impressive. And even Surfing legend, Kelly Slater, couldn’t stop himself from reacting to the player’s talent.

Instagram fans react to Rickie Fowler’s swinging video

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Rickie Fowler is probably one of the most talented players on the PGA Tour. a very good friend of golf legend Tiger Woods, Fowler has tons of records of his own on the tour. Moreover, his fans are crazy about the way he swings his club. And after he recently posted a video of himself doing some serious “wedge work”, golf fans have been giving all kinds of reactions to it.

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The Instagram video went viral as soon as Fowler shared it on the platform. The golfer wrote in the caption, “A little wedge work after watching @cmpulisic and team USA in the World Cup…we’re pulling for you guys, and thanks for the cleats! They have some serious grip but I don’t think it would go over well on the greens”. And in reaction to his video, famous golfers and other athletes commented on their views about his extreme talent.

 

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American surfing superstar and 11-time World Surf League champion, Kelly Slater, could not stop himself from praising the golfer’s swing. In his words, Slater called it a “Butter swing.” While Australian pro golfer, Jason Day, also came forward and wrote, “Swing looking Silkey”. Here are some other comments from the golf ace’s fans:

“Shoes game is on point.”

“Wearing football cleats.”

“Best action I have ever seen in your swing. That will win a lot of tournaments if you keep that up!”

“Just shows how hard swing changes are for the rest of us.”

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“You da man Rickie.”

“Swings looking great Rickie.”

Rickie Fowler blamed the PGA Tour for mishandling LIV Golf issues

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Rickie Fowler has always been in support of the PGA Tour. He was even a part of the three-and-a-half-hour meeting led by Tiger Woods. But according to Fowler, the PGA Tour commissioner, Jay Monahan, had failed to handle LIV Golf matters properly. “I don’t think they have handled it very well at all,” Fowler said. According to the golfer, the former tour needed to be proactive while tackling the challenges that the new league was throwing at it. And since it was not the case, the PGA Tour and its players had to suffer the consequences.

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Joydeep Singh

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Joydeep Singh is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. Having completed his Bachelor's degree in Business Management, he possesses a writing experience of more than four years now. Having picked up on following golf for quite some time now, his favorite is the legendary Tiger Woods, whose games he just does not miss.
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Manaal Siddiqui

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