Fowler has the talent to contend at Augusta (Gareth Fuller\/PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFowler has been part of the \u201cbest player not to have won a major\u201d discussion ever since he finished in the top five in all four of them in 2014. He was also fifth in the US Open and US PGA in 2017 and finished runner-up to Reed at Augusta 12 months ago after weekend rounds of 65 and 67 were not quite enough to overcome a slow start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The manner of his victory in Phoenix in February \u2013 where he rallied after a triple-bogey seven on the 11th but still carded a closing 74 \u2013 resulted in as many questions as answers, but there is no doubt Fowler has the talent to contend at Augusta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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