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It looks like Rickie Fowler has chosen his 3-month-old daughter’s future career already

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There is John and John (II) Daly, Tiger and Charlie Woods, and now there is Rickie and Maya Fowler.

Given what they have achieved thus far, the first two can be assumed to have solid college careers ahead of them before turning professional, but Maya is three months old!

Of course, it’s not always the case that offspring follow their parents into the same sport – witness the Korda sisters playing professional golf over tennis – but naturally children are surrounded by the paraphernalia that goes with the game and are therefore somewhat anticipated to follow. 

On Sunday, at the Honda Classic, the PGA Tour tweeted a video of a close-up of Rickie’s golf bag but with a different name tag on – that of his daughter.

Not only did it have her name, but the logo ‘AJGA’ – the American Junior Golf Association – and the number ‘2040’.

With Dad having graduated from the AJGA and winning several important amateur titles and awards, this seems a log-term prophecy from the two-time Junior All-American and member of the victorious 2009 Walker Cup team.

As a professional, Rickie has won nine times, including the 2015 Players Championship.

Of course, Rickie is one of the most recognisable players on tour, and, rightly or wrongly, anything Maya does on the course is likely to attract media attention.

Whether she follows Rickie onto the professional stage and contends in majors who knows, but, for now, he is certainly creating a path for her progress through the ranks, a route so successfully crossed by the man himself.

With Maya’s mother, Allison Stokke Fowler also being a successful track and field athlete, the athletic genes are pretty high!

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Justin Thomas on the equipment choice of Scottie Scheffler that he thinks is ‘weird’

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After Justin Thomas’ third round of the RBC Heritage, the two-time major champion went in the broadcast booth alongside the CBS crew.

While Thomas was watching Scottie Scheffler play on the back nine of his third round, he wondered aloud why Scottie uses high numbered golf balls.

“Does anybody else think it’s weird that Scottie uses high numbers? I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an elite player use high-numbered golf balls.”

Amanda Balionis who was on the grounds chimed in, reporting that analyst Dottie Pepper had wondered the same thing earlier that day?

“I’ve been going about this wrong my whole life,” Thomas jokingly said.

Given Scottie’s incredible results this season, it may be a good idea for Titleist to stock up on high numbered balls for what figures to be a popular purchase for golf enthusiasts this summer.

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Golf fans left bemused at Jim Nantz over his Nelly Korda fail during RBC Heritage broadcast

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During the final round of the RBC Heritage, Jim Nantz referenced Nelly Korda’s major championship win at the Chevron Championship on Sunday, which was her 5th straight victory.

However, Nantz mistakenly referred to Korda as “Kelly Norda” during the broadcast, leaving many golf fans puzzled.

Korda became the third woman to ever win five starts in a row, joining Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam in the exclusive club.

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TaylorMade signs 15-year-old AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year to an NIL contract

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This week, TaylorMade Golf announced that they’ve signed AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year, Miles Russell, to an NIL contract.

In a statement, TaylorMade called Russell “nothing short of remarkable”.

“Miles’ record setting success at his young age is nothing short of remarkable and we are excited he chose us to support him in his growth as a golfer to continue to accomplish his career goals. Identifying and developing the top junior talent in the world has always been a priority for us at TaylorMade. Miles and his family epitomize the type of athlete and human being we are looking to add to Team TaylorMade.”

Russell has broken plenty of records in recent months. This season, he was named American Junior Golf Association’s Rolex Boys Player of the Year, making him the youngest male player to receive the award. The record was previously held by Tiger Woods who was about 10 months older than Russell at the time he received the award.

At age 14, J he became the youngest player ever to win the Junior PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass at age 14.

The 15-year-old also played in his first Korn Ferry Tour event on Thursday, the LECOM Suncoast Classic, and shot a first-round 68.

In the aftermath of the agreement, Russell released a statement.

“I have had a great relationship with the team at TaylorMade for years now and couldn’t be more excited to continue to work with them in the future. TaylorMade has a history of developing the top junior talent in the world to help reach their goals of becoming PGA TOUR and major championship winners. I am looking forward to working with the team to reach those and other goals I have laid out for my career.”

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