{"id":1245381,"date":"2023-06-15T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rickie-fowler-makes-fast-start-at-us-open-with-early-move-to-top-leaderboard\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:47:49","slug":"rickie-fowler-makes-fast-start-at-us-open-with-early-move-to-top-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/rickie-fowler-makes-fast-start-at-us-open-with-early-move-to-top-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickie Fowler makes fast start at US Open with early move to top leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from revealing a potential investment in Leeds United, Rickie Fowler kicked off his bid for a first major title in impressive fashion in the 123rd US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler was among the early starters on day one at Los Angeles Country Club and covered his first 10 holes in four under par to set the early pace ahead of a four-strong group which included Olympic champion Xander Schauffele.<\/p>\n<p>Starting on the back nine of the North Course, Fowler carded five birdies, two bogeys and just two pars to reach the turn in 32, before picking up another shot on the par-five first.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">BirdieBogeyBirdieParBirdieParBirdie<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickieFowler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RickieFowler<\/a> is T1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopengolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USOpenGolf<\/a> &#128170;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbcVWfJ4QU\">pic.twitter.com\/vbcVWfJ4QU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1669392484214898711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>The world number 45 admitted on Wednesday that he and Ryder Cup team-mates Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas were considering investing in Leeds as part of the imminent takeover by 49ers Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>The American investment group are set to take charge of the Championship club after agreeing a deal to buy out chairman Andrea Radrizzani&rsquo;s controlling stake.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler told Sky Sports News: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s cool to have these opportunities. I know we&rsquo;re looking into it, and it would be fun if we get to be a part of it, if not we&rsquo;ll continue to root for Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Obviously they got relegated but to get to go to a Premier League game, a Champions League game, any of that (would be great). It&rsquo;s a massive sport and I feel like it is continuing to get bigger in the (United) States.<\/p>\n<p><!-- EMBED START Twitter --><\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On the move!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickieFowler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RickieFowler<\/a> is tied for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USOpen<\/a> lead after his 4th birdie of the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Live coverage continues now on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USANetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USANetwork<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wL6rLXRUry\">pic.twitter.com\/wL6rLXRUry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usopengolf\/status\/1669391543474749442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/figure>\n<p><!-- EMBED END Twitter --><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since I haven&rsquo;t been to a game, I don&rsquo;t have the true appreciation until (I get to) be there and feel that energy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Fowler was playing alongside former US Open champion Justin Rose in the first two rounds, but Rose was enduring a miserable round on the 10th anniversary of his victory at Merion.<\/p>\n<p>After starting the day with five straight pars, Rose bogeyed the 15th, 16th and 17th before running up a double bogey on the 18th to reach the turn in 40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fowler admitted this week he is considering investing in Leeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1245382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,24,50],"tags":[96,98,65,88,9635,89,9051,84,90,91,194,92,94,390],"class_list":["post-1245381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-pga","category-majors","category-us-open-news","tag-california","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-golf-major","tag-golf-news","tag-los-angeles-country-club","tag-news","tag-pa-news","tag-pga-tour","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-rickie-fowler","tag-scores","tag-tournament","tag-us-open"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v23.8) - 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