Struggling Rickie Fowler earns spot in 2025 PGA Championship

Rickie Fowler earned a spot in the prestigious 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club on Tuesday. This qualification came despite his struggles with earning a PGA Tour victory since July 2023.

Fowler's last win came in the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic, which also brought an end to his four-year-old winless drought in his pro career. Following that, he also secured a top-5 finish in the 2023 U.S. Open. However, Rickie Fowler's recent struggles landed him outside the top-100 OWGR Rankings. It's worth noting that he is the only Ryder Cup member to attain such a position.

Currently, Fowler stands at the 125th position of the aforesaid leaderboard. Still, Rickie Fowler's inclusion in the PGA Championship came only after 13 high-ranked professionals did not receive invitations for the golf major at Quail Hollow.

Since his 2023 win at Detroit Golf Club, Fowler has missed the cut in six golf events, including the 2024 U.S. Open. He has achieved only one top-10, which was in the 2024 ZOZO Championship. This year, Rickie Fowler might not have missed the cut in any event, but he has withdrawn once. Take a look at his performances in 2025:

The American Express: T21
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am: T53
WM Phoenix Open: WD
The Genesis Invitational: T39
Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches: T18
THE PLAYERS Championship: 71
Texas Children's Houston Open: T52
Valero Texas Open: T30
RBC Heritage: 68

Rickie Fowler will make his 16th attempt to win the PGA Championship this year. His best result at this golf major came back in 2014 when he ended up tied for third place in the tournament leaderboard. In his 15 attempts at the PGA Championship, Fowler has secured the cut 12 times and made it to the top 10 thrice.

Rickie Fowler in the 2025 PGA Championship field

Rickie Fowler's return to Quail Hollow marks 13 years since he won his first PGA Tour event at this venue. The last time the PGA Championship was held at Quail Hollow (2017), Fowler ended up tying for the fifth spot on the leaderboard.

Here's the final field of the 2025 PGA Championship which consists of 156 players competing for the most coveted Wanamaker Trophy.

Ludvig Aberg
Byeong An
Daniel Berger
Brian Bergstol
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Brandon Bingaman
Richard Bland
Michael Block
Keegan Bradley
Jacob Bridgeman
Dean Burmester
Sam Burns
Brian Campbell
Rafael Campos
Laurie Canter
Patrick Cantlay
John Catlin
Bud Cauley
Eugenio Chacarra
Andre Chi
Wyndham Clark
Eric Cole
Tyler Collet
Corey Conners
Cameron Davis
Jason Day
Bryson DeChambeau
Thomas Detry
Luke Donald
Jesse Droemer
Jason Dufner
Nick Dunlap
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harris English
Tony Finau
Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tommy Fleetwood
Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia
Bobby Gates
Ryan Gerard
Lucas Glover
Max Greyserman
Ben Griffin
Larkin Gross
Adam Hadwin
Harry Hall
Brian Harman
Padraig Harrington
Tyrrell Hatton
Russell Henley
Justin Hicks
Garrick Higgo
Joe Highsmith
Ryo Hisatsune
Lee Hodges
Tom Hoge
Nicolai Hojgaard
Rasmus Hojgaard
Max Homa
Billy Horschel
Beau Hossler
Viktor Hovland
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Nic Ishee
Stephan Jaeger
Dustin Johnson
Tom Johnson
Takumi Kanaya
Michael Kartrude
Martin Kaymer
John Keefer
Michael Kim
Si Kim
Tom Kim
Chris Kirk
Kurt Kitayama
Patton Kizzire
Jake Knapp
Greg Koch
Brooks Koepka
Thriston Lawrence
Min Lee
Ryan Lenahan
Justin Lower
Shane Lowry
Robert MacIntyre
Hideki Matsuyama
Denny McCarthy
Matt McCarty
Max McGreevy
Rory McIlroy
Tom McKibbin
Maverick McNealy
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Moore
Collin Morikawa
Keita Nakajima
Rasmus Neergaard Petersen
Dylan Newman
Joaquin Niemann
Alex Noren
Niklas Norgaard
Shaun Norris
Andrew Novak
Thorbjorn Olesen
John Parry
Matthieu Pavon
Taylor Pendrith
Marco Penge
JT Poston
Seamus Power
David Puig
Jon Rahm
Aaron Rai
Patrick Reed
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Justin Rose
Xander Schauffele
Scottie Scheffler
Adam Scott
Vijay Singh
Cameron Smith
Elvis Smylie
John Somers
Bob Sowards
JJ Spaun
Jordan Spieth
Eric Steger
Sam Stevens
Sepp Straka
Nick Taylor
Rupe Taylor
Sahith Theegala
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Sami Valimaki
Rooyen Van
Tonder Van
Jhonattan Vegas
Karl Vilips
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Timothy Wiseman
Gary Woodland
Cameron Young
Kevin Yu
Will Zalatoris

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