Wells Fargo Championship: Top 10 power rankings at Quail Hollow

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CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 06: Rickie Fowler of the United States celebrates with the championship trophy after defeating Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland and D.A. Points of the United States in a playoff during the final round to win the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club on May 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

For as much grief as Rickie Fowler takes these days for not having a major win under his belt, he may have gotten more flack in the lead up to the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship.

The eccentric, ballyhooed youngster from Oklahoma State was all the rage. He piled up high finishes and immediately established himself as a solid player, but he couldn’t get it to the finish line.

Fowler broke through in 2012 (66-72-67-69) at long last by outlasting Rory McIlroy and D.A. Points in a playoff.

He’s now a six-time PGA Tour winner and has a good resume at Quail Hollow.

Fowler is 7-for-7 making the cut with three top-10s and two more top-25s including T21 in 2018 (72-69-68-73) here for the Wells Fargo Championship. He was also right in the hunt at the 2017 PGA where he was T5 (69-70-73-67) and just three back.

“I really do like this golf course, it’s fun to play,” Fowler said. “I feel like you can use a lot of your imagination to hit different shots. Putting becomes a pretty big premium with some inside 10 feet, you hit some putts that may be similar to Augusta as far as the mount of break that you’re playing or how soft you have to hit them and how perfect you have to hit them as well.”

Of late, Fowler was a winner this February at the Phoenix Open and was co-runner up at the Honda Classic. His last start was a T9 at the Masters, which was his 16th made cut in a row going back to May 2018.

He’s a positive in all strokes gained categories including seventh in putting. Fowler is 62nd in SG approach and ranks 12th in proximity from 200-plus yards.

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