{"id":648300,"date":"2026-05-17T08:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648300\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:53:11","slug":"move-over-bryson-rickie-fowler-is-also-building-his-own-golf-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/648300\/","title":{"rendered":"Move Over, Bryson\u2014Rickie Fowler Is Also Building His Own Golf Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">One of the perks of being a professional golfer is access to the tour trucks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">When these players work with a club brand, they have access to unlimited shafts, fresh wedges, grips and everything they may need during a major championship week. These companies have specialists ready to work with the players all week leading up to Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7q\">But six-time PGA Tour winner Rickie Fowler likes to do the work himself.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">When I was on the Cobra tour truck this week during the lead-up to the PGA Championship, Fowler randomly came on the truck and started working on his clubs. He walked over to the club adjustment area and confidently worked on the loft and lie on some of his irons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">To me, this seemed different, but I wasn\u2019t sure. Rickie eventually finished his work and headed back to the range, so I asked Cobra\u2019s pro tour service manager Ben Schomin if this is a regular thing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"82\">He proceeded to tell me that Rickie is the biggest gear nerd on tour and often works on his own clubs. Most guys, like Gary Woodland for example, defer to guys like Schomin to work on their clubs during tournament week, but not Rickie.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"85\">In fact, we learned that Fowler played a big part in the development process of Cobra\u2019s famous 3D printed irons that he currently plays every week on tour.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"88\">Ben told us that Rickie is heavily involved with the Cobra testing process and even had them build him a full club-adjusting setup in his home, so he can work on clubs when he doesn\u2019t have access to the truck.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8b\">A guy like Fowler is very valuable to a company like Cobra. He\u2019s a guy that knows what it takes to build out a club, but also has the tour experience to know what works. That last part is something that many of the genius Cobra staff don&#8217;t have.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8e\">To hear more about Rickie\u2019s process and how valuable he is to the Cobra Golf brand, watch this clip from the PGA Championship on the Dan Evans Show.<\/p>\n<p>More Golf from Sports Illustrated<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the perks of being a professional golfer is access to the tour trucks. 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