Players Championship 2012: Will Rickie Fowler Win His Second in a Row?

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Published: May 13, 2012

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Golf’s newest star, Rickie Fowler, vaulted up the leaderboard on Saturday with a third-round 66 that included seven birdies and only one bogey, a missed putt on the final hole.  Now, he is currently challenging veterans Kevin Na, Matt Kuchar, Zach Johnson and Ben Curtis.

The big question, now, may be whether Na can actually get through the final round.  His pre-shot routine, which features a practice swing that seems to border on Tourette's, has to do with swing changes he has made in the last year that are not yet grooved. 

Like Tiger Woods, he is uncomfortable with his new swing, and that causes him to hesitate. When he said he has to do his waggles in pairs, though, it’s enough to ask if OCD is taking over. All that said, anyone who has the courage and determination to fight through his practice swings may not even notice the difficulty of the course.  He was bogey-free Saturday and birdied the 18th.  

Matt Kuchar, one stroke back from Na, has been to a different kind of golf wilderness. 


He lost his game and found it again, and then, he became the leading money winner. He certainly knows how to accept a challenge like the TPC Sawgrass. He shot a 69 with four bogeys including a ball in the water at the 17th. 

“To get that up and down was a big save,” he said about the bogey.

Kuchar finished just out of a playoff at Augusta National and said it was “awfully exciting” to be in position to win so soon after that. “I’m looking forward to playing some great golf tomorrow,” he said.  

Regarding his pairing with Na, he said simply, "Part of the deal out here is you learn to play slow, unfortunately.” 

Kuchar recently made an agent trade and is now with Mark Steinberg, Tiger Woods’ agent.  He got one important piece of advice from Steinberg s...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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