Rickie Fowler’s resurgence has produced some spectacularly-low rounds and put him in contention at several tournaments, including the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club after he shot an opening-round 62. He didn’t win at LACC, but bounced back a week later at TPC River Highlands by shooting a 60 on Saturday. On Sunday, competing in his sixth tournament in the last seven weeks, Fowler broke through and won the Rocket Mortgage Classic in a playoff over Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin.
From an equipment standpoint, Rickie Fowler has been one of the most interesting players on the PGA Tour for over a decade. After leaving Oklahoma State and turning pro, he continued to play Titleist gear. He then transitioned into Cobra equipment, which, along with Titleist and FootJoy, was a part of Acushnet Brands. However, in March of 2012, Acushnet sold Cobra to Puma and Fowler wound up becoming the flagship player for Cobra Puma Golf.
Over the years, Fowler has shifted from using classic muscleback blades into cavity-back irons, and his taste in putters has veered from heel-toe weighted blades into black-and-while mallets.
The photos below take you back to the beginning of Fowler’s professional career and show you some of his equipment progressions and choices over time.
Playing as an amateur in the 2008 U.S. Open, Rickie Fowler used a Titleist 907 D2…After Rickie Fowler turned pro in 2009, he continued to play Titleist MB irons with what…In addition to Titleist MB irons, Fowler used Vokey Design Spin Milled wedges. The C-C on…This is the Scotty Cameron GSS putter Rickie Fowler used at the 2010 Players Championship. (Allan…The customization even went into the sole of this Scotty Cameron putters. (David Dusek/Golfweek)While Rickie Fowler used Titleist equipment in 2011, he wore Puma apparel. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty…Starting in 2012, after Acushnet sold Cobra to Puma, Folwer began using Cobra equipment. This is…The prototype irons were nearly identical to the Titleist MB irons Fowler had been playing, but…Rickie Fowler started using Cobra's AMP Cell Pro irons in 2013. (David Dusek/Golfweek)Fowler used this colorful set of Cobra wedges throughout much of 2014. (David Dusek/Golfweek)Starting in 2015, Fowler began using Cobra's Fly-Z Pro irons. (David Dusek/Golfweek)Fowler's Fly-Z Pro irons were customized by having steel drilled out of portions of the sole…Fowler started using Cobra's King MB irons in 2016. The muscleback blades were similar to the…Throughout 2016, Fowler used a Cobra King LTD driver that had a large hole and a…At the 2016 Hero World Challenge, Fowler debuted the Cobra King F7 driver that he would…This is Rickie Fowler's bag before the start of the 2019 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay…Fowler's 10.5-degree Cobra King F9 driver was adjusted down to 9.5 degrees and had extra weight…Fowler's King F8+ 3-wood was adjusted to a playing loft of 14.5 degrees. (David Dusek/Golfweek)Fowler used a Cobra F9 Speedback 4-iron as a driving iron, along with King Forged MB…Rickie Fowler's Scotty Cameron prototype putter was originally made as a back-up for Tiger Woods. (David…In January, 2019, Fowler signed an endorsement deal with TaylorMade and started playing the company's TP5x…Struggling in 2020, Fowler decided to put his old AMP Cell Pro irons back into play…Fowler also began using TaylorMade TP5x Pix ball and briefly added an LA Golf graphite shaft…After 33 versions were created, Rickie Fowler put this set of Cobra RF Proto irons into…In 2022, Fowler went back to a split-set of Cobra King CB and MB irons, but…This is Rickie Fowler's gear at the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline,…In 2023, Rickie Fowler is playing Cobra's King Tour irons, a cavity-back designed for better players.…In 2023, Fowler has beeb using an Odyssey Versa Jailbird putter. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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