{"id":436433,"date":"2025-08-20T06:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=436433"},"modified":"2025-08-20T06:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:27:40","slug":"rickie-fowler-fires-back-at-instagram-troll-after-weeks-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/rickie-fowler-fires-back-at-instagram-troll-after-weeks-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Rickie Fowler Fires Back at Instagram Troll After Weeks of Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rickie Fowler<\/a> has fired back at an online troll after enduring weeks of hateful messages on Instagram. The harassment intensified following his narrow miss in qualifying for the Tour Championship, where he finished tied for 7th at the BMW Championship, just 37 points shy of securing a spot. Despite a promising start, Fowler’s performance faltered on the back nine, leading to his exclusion from the season finale.<\/p>\n

Fowler Confronts Troll: \u201cI’d Like To See You Face To Face\u201d<\/h2>\n

An Instagram user, identified as “Cliff,” had previously sent homophobic and offensive messages to Fowler. After Fowler’s disappointing finish, the user mocked his failure, prompting the golfer to publicly call out the individual on social media.<\/p>\n

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PGA Tour pro Rickie Fowler talks with members of his group during the Rocket Classic Pro-Am in Detroit on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Fowler is one of several Tour players competing alongside local celebrities and athletes ahead of this weekend\u2019s tournament play.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The unknown Instagram user first began sending the hateful messages in early August. Fowler ignored them for several weeks but finally gave him a befitting response after he concluded his 2025 PGA Tour season on Sunday. Fowler shared a screenshot of the hateful messages and asked the troll<\/a> to find him and say those words to his face.<\/p>\n

\u201cCliff, or whoever you are, you know where to find me and I’d love to see you face to face. You’re the one hiding behind your little fake account\u2026I’m sure your significant others are so thrilled how you’ve done in life\u2026enjoy your Sunday evening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fowler Receives Overwhelming Support<\/h2>\n

Fowler has received overwhelming messages of support from fans following the abuse he endured. The 36-year-old started this season slowly but finished tied for seventh at the Memorial Tournament, which gave him a boost. That result earned him a spot<\/a> at The Open, where he went on to finish tied for 14th. He then put in strong performances to climb into the FedEx Cup top 70, qualifying for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, where he finished tied for sixth. The result pushed him up to 48th in the FedEx Cup rankings<\/a>. With that, he not only secured his place in the BMW Championship but also guaranteed his spot in all of the 2026 Signature Events.<\/p>\n

\u2018Don’t let the Turkeys bother you. You are a beloved golfer and a great asset to the game. Great to see you playing well !!,\u201d a fan urged him to ignore the trolls.<\/p>\n

Another fan praised him for his comeback and stated that Fowler will win a major soon. \u201cRickie, keep going strong, you\u2019re right there, mi amigo. You\u2019ve made an incredible comeback, and I have no doubt you\u2019ll be holding majors in the not-so-distant future. Wishing you, your team, and most importantly, your family all the best. Giddy-Up!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said this a million times\u2026 Rickie, you are a stand-up guy! A classy human and one hell of a great family man! You give so much to golf and the fans! You deserve much better than what you get from golf and fans! Thank you for all you do and who you are! Grind like hell and get it!\u201d another fan posted.<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rickie Fowler has fired back at an online troll after enduring weeks of hateful messages on Instagram. The harassment intensified following his narrow miss in qualifying for the Tour Championship, where he finished tied for 7th at the BMW Championship, just 37 points shy of securing a spot. Despite a promising start, Fowler’s performance faltered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":436435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[8160,74,235,278],"class_list":["post-436433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-bmw-championship","tag-rickie-fowler","tag-the-open","tag-tour-championship"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436433"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436440,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436433\/revisions\/436440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}