Every player has his superstition for a game. Take Tiger Woods, for example. No matter what, he wears red on the final day of the events. According to him, it brings him good luck. Similarly, the PGA Tour Rickie Fowler has his practice around the golf course. On Sundays, during every championship he appears in, the golfer wears a bright shade of orange. But what makes him do so?
Rickie Fowler went to Oklahoma State University for his graduation, and played golf as part of the college team, in 2007 and 2008. The Cowboys golf team, eleven-time men’s national champions, uses orange and black as its colors. In 2008, Fowler contributed to Oklahoma State’s golf legacy by winning the prestigious Ben Hogan Award, recognizing him as the top collegiate golfer in the country, as determined by the Friends of Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America. Thus, that is why, in honor and to show how important it is in his golfing career, he wears orange for the final rounds of his matches.
But as it turns out, the year-ending team tradition was a little different this year. Last year, he matched his attire with teammate Lexi Thompson on Sunday at the Tiburon Golf Club. This year Rickie Fowler was not wearing his regular orange attire at the 2024 Grant Thornton Invitational. An X fan page took to their wall and even shared the video. They wrote, “Morning folks. We have a developing situation here in Naples… it is Sunday and Rickie Fowler is not wearing orange.”
