Why Is Rickie Fowler Growing A Mullet?

You may notice that Rickie is growing a mullet at this year's USPGA Championship, here's why...

You may notice that Rickie is growing a mullet at this year's USPGA Championship, here's why...

Why Is Rickie Fowler Growing A Mullet?

You may notice whilst watching the USPGA Championship that Rickie Fowler seems to be growing a mullet.

Why is he doing that? There's a good reason for it.

The five-time PGA Tour winner is taking part in 'Mullet May' alongside Jason Dufner, with the pair growing their locks for charity.

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The idea was to raise money for their respective foundations, but Fowler will now focus more on leukaemia which is what his close friend Jarrod Lyle suffered with.

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Fowler wears a 'Leuk the Duck' pin on his cap to support the charity and spoke about his friendship with Lyle at last year's Championship.

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That as after Rickie went off-script to wear a yellow shirt in honour of his friend.

Whilst Fowler is raising money and awareness for a worldwide charity, Dufner's foundation supports an issue closer to home - homelessness.

His Foundation's mission is as follows - The Jason Dufner Foundation is committed to providing weekend food bags to hunger insecure children in Lee County, Alabama.

The 2013 USPGA Champion has some way to catch up Fowler in the mullet department, but he is certainly on his way.

Both men are looking to lift the Wanamaker Trophy with a mullet, something that John Daly managed to do in 1991 at Crooked Stick, where he made it into the field after being the ninth reserve.

John Daly

The Wild Thing won the 1991 USPGA Championship

Daly is back this week riding in a buggy due to a knee injury.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV