Rickie Fowler Makes a Young Fan’s Day at The Players Championship

Rickie Fowler’s weekend at TPC Sawgrass didn’t exactly go as planned. He missed the cut at The Players Championship after an unfortunate tee stroke left his ball lodged in a palm tree, derailing an impressive Round 2 comeback attempt on Friday.

"Got any climbers?" REMINDER: This also happened to Rickie Fowler on No. 18 at last year's Players: https://t.co/hGKcYpVnNZ pic.twitter.com/6TvYIZYBnk

— Alex Myers (@AlexMyers3) May 11, 2018

Rickie Fowler brought out binoculars to try and find his golf ball ?pic.twitter.com/CL7nJqdbUs

— Sporting News (@sportingnews) May 11, 2018

But on Thursday, Fowler found the time to make one his biggest (yet smallest) fans’ day.

Redick meet Rickie.
Rickie meet Redick.

One of @RickieFowler‘s biggest fans gets the surprise of a lifetime.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/nnRz9mKltQ

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 11, 2018

No better feeling than being able to impact people’s lives!! Treat others how how you want to be treated!! https://t.co/bU3eBpr9Gc

— Rickie Fowler (@RickieFowler) May 11, 2018

There’s no better way to guarantee Redick stays a Rickie fan, and there’s no mystery as to why Fowler is such a fan favorite.

It might be easy to dismiss this type of thing as par for the course when you’re an internationally-recognized sports figure is, but don’t tell that to Rickie. And don’t tell that to Redick.