Warren Little/Getty ImagesRickie Fowler waits to putt on the 14th hole during the second round of the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.CHARLOTTE — Emerging from the clubhouse at Quail Hollow Club Friday afternoon after a post-round television interview, Rickie Fowler pulled his cap down low over his forehead so that he had to tilt his head back to see where he was walking. He playfully bounced off of a couple of reporters like he was a pinball as he made his way to the podium to meet with a larger media contingent.
If Fowler is feeling the pressure to win his first major championship, he isn’t showing it much through the first two days of the 99th PGA Championship.
Winning isn’t easy when you’re popular, though Tiger Woods and the late Arnold Palmer managed just fine. Fowler is easily one of the biggest draws in golf today—and has been since he turned professional in 2009. He wore colorful clothes, exuded coolness with his mop of hair blooming under a flat-billed cap and conn..