Fowler said he feels “good about my game across the board,” and now returns to a course where he shot an 11-under 61 to win just two years ago – not a bad place to knock the rust off.
“This week’s big for me just getting some tournament rounds under my belt and getting back into the swing of things,” he said, “but it’s been really nice to actually have somewhat of an offseason. Definitely the longest break I’ve had away from tournament golf in September and October. I still played and practiced a decent amount, but was able to spend a lot of time the last three months in the gym and getting a lot of work done.”
Woods sounded unconcerned about the long layoff. “Rickie just needs to go play,” he said.
So does Dustin Johnson, who is returning from a knee injury. A question mark after not playing this fall, he was scheduled to make his return at the Hero but pulled out and is the only one of the 12 U.S. Team members not here. He is expected to join the team next week.
“There’s a lot of adjustments that had to be made, in talking to Tiger, because of Koepka not being available,” said the Golf Channel’s Begay. “The secondary concerns are Fowler hasn’t played in a long time, and Dustin hasn’t played in a long time.
“Those are two guys,” he added, “who if you look at how much they played on the last two or three times, you could rely on for high volume. It’s going to be interesting to see how Rickie’s game comes back, and whether Dustin has rehabilitated enough to put a decent game together.”
Tony Finau, another U.S. Team member, has either missed the cut or finished outside the top 50 in his last three starts. Matt Kuchar is coming off a missed cut at The RSM Classic.
Then there’s Bryson DeChambeau, who finished T13 at the Safeway Open and T4 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. It was at the Shriners that he announced he would be embarking on a new diet and exercise regime to add muscle, focusing largely on his core.
Has it worked? At the Hero, he said he’d gone from under 200 pounds to 222 thanks to focused work with his Denver-based trainer in an effort to increase strength and speed.
“He’s definitely gotten thicker,” Fowler said. “I think I put ‘thick’ on his Instagram post. I think I might have had like three Cs in there. He’s definitely put some work in. It’s not easy to put kind of proper weight on as it is also to lose weight, and we’ll see how it works.
“I’m not a big fan of moving one way or the other that quickly or that much,” he added.
Will this be the same DeChambeau who compiled five TOUR wins at 26? What about Fowler? And Johnson? How will Woods manage his player/captain role? He has told his players he’d rather not suffer a repeat of the ’98 Presidents Cup, also at Royal Melbourne, when he and the rest of the U.S. Team got crushed 20.5 to 11.5, still the Internationals’ only victory.
Also, how will the U.S. players bounce back from their disastrous Ryder Cup loss last year?
Answers to some of these questions will come at the Hero, while others will have to wait a week. Yes, the U.S. Team is favored, but complacent? No. There’s too much uncertainty for that.
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