Rickie Fowler's honest fatherly advise to Justin Thomas - "All ends up being trial and error"
Rickie Fowler is all set to play at the upcoming Sanderson Farms Championship, which will be held at the Country Club of Jackson. Ahead of the championship, Fowler was part of a press conference in which he was asked about various topics related to golf and outside the sport.
One such question Rickie Fowler was asked was about Justin Thomas, who announced last month that he and his wife were expecting a child. In the press conference, Fowler was asked if Thomas reached out to Fowler for any advice and whether Fowler has any advice for Thomas when he becomes a father.
Rickie Fowler answered:
"Yeah, I spend a lot of time with JT and his wife Jill, and they're getting closer. They're going to be great parents, whether they ask or get advice from us or anyone else. I think a lot of the stuff I've told them is things that worked for here or worked for other people or other babies. It all ends up being trial and error. You make decisions on your own, move forward with it. If it works, great; if not, move on to the next thing."
Rickie Fowler added:
"I guess I've always told people in a way, I tell myself, too, whenever things get a little questionable or worried is there's been a lot less comps of people that have done this successfully before us as well as we've been doing this since the beginning of time."
You can check out Rickie Fowler's post with his family below:
For those unaware, in August, Rickie Fowler announced the birth of his second daughter, Nellie. Fowler became a dad for the first time in 2021 when his first daughter Maya was born.
What time will Rickie Fowler tee off at the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship?
The 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship will be Rickie Fowler's first tournament since the conclusion of The Open Championship. At the event, which will be held in the Country Club of Jackson, Fowler will be paired with Jhonattan Vegas and Lucas Glover. The trio will tee off at 1:45 PM ET.
Here is a detailed look at the tee-off time and pairings for the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship (all times ET):
*represents 10th tee start
- 8:05 a.m. — Tyler Duncan, C.T. Pan, Carl Yuan
- 8:05 a.m.* — Zac Blair, Taylor Montgomery, Sam Stevens
- 8:16 a.m. — Keith Mitchell, Alex Smalley, Joseph Bramlett
- 8:16 a.m.* — Martin Laird, Maverick McNealy, Henrik Norlander
- 8:27 a.m. — Kevin Yu, Will Gordon, Matti Schmid
- 8:27 a.m.* — Cody Gribble, Hayden Buckley, Justin Lower
- 8:38 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Nick Hardy, Ryan Brehm
- 8:38 a.m.* — Davis Riley, Trey Mullinax, Cameron Champ
- 8:49 a.m. — Taylor Moore, Nico Echavarria, Chez Reavie
- 8:49 a.m.* — Nick Dunlap, Stephan Jaeger, Peter Malnati
- 9:00 a.m. — Adam Svensson, J.J. Spaun, J.B. Holmes
- 9:00 a.m.* — Patton Kizzire, Luke List, Mackenzie Hughes
- 9:11 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Tim Wilkinson, Andrew Novak
- 9:11 a.m.* — Joel Dahmen, Troy Merritt, Ben Taylor
- 9:22 a.m. — Garrick Higgo, Bill Haas, Josh Teater
- 9:22 a.m.* — Ryan Armour, Sam Ryder, Sami Vallimaki
- 9:33 a.m. — Bud Cauley, Pierceson Coody, Alejandro Tosti
- 9:33 a.m.* — Vince Whaley, David Skinns, Chandler Phillips
- 9:44 a.m. — Rafael Campos, Trace Crowe, Raul Pereda
- 9:44 a.m.* — Michael Thorbjornsen, Tom Whitney, Blaine Hale, Jr.
- 9:55 a.m. — Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Philip Knowles, Beck Burnette
- 9:55 a.m.* — Norman Xiong, Wilson Furr, Hunter Logan
- 12:50 p.m. — Robby Shelton, Ryan Fox, Mac Meissner
- 12:50 p.m.* — Wesley Bryan, Charley Hoffman, S.H. Kim
- 1:01 p.m. — Callum Tarren, Ben Kohles, Jacob Bridgeman
- 1:01 p.m.* — Mark Hubbard, Tyson Alexander, Hayden Springer
- 1:12 p.m. — Chan Kim, Patrick Fishburn, Rico Hoey
- 1:12 p.m.* — Chesson Hadley, Justin Suh, Ryo Hisatsune
- 1:23 p.m. — K.H. Lee, Gary Woodland, Zach Johnson
- 1:23 p.m.* — Lee Hodges, Seamus Power, Adam Schenk
- 1:34 p.m. — Harris English, Matt Kuchar, Matt McCarty
- 1:34 p.m.* — Chad Ramey, Daniel Berger, Brandt Snedeker
- 1:45 p.m. — Jhonattan Vegas, Lucas Glover, Rickie Fowler
- 1:45 p.m.* — Chris Gotterup, Brice Garnett, Emiliano Grillo
- 1:56 p.m. — Kevin Streelman, Eric Cole, Carson Young
- 1:56 p.m.* — Nate Lashley, Kevin Tway, Matt NeSmith
- 2:07 p.m. — Patrick Rodgers, Beau Hossler, Ben Griffin
- 2:07 p.m.* — Aaron Baddeley, Roger Sloan, Scott Gutschewski
- 2:18 p.m. — Doug Ghim, Greyson Sigg, Erik Barnes
- 2:18 p.m.* — Michael Kim, David Lipsky, Dylan Wu
- 2:29 p.m. — Nicholas Lindheim, Ryan McCormick, Ryan Hall
- 2:29 p.m.* — Paul Barjon, Joe Highsmith, Charlie Flynn
- 2:40 p.m. — Parker Coody, Kevin Dougherty, Reed Hughes
- 2:40 p.m.* — Austin Smotherman, Anders Albertson, Caleb Hicks