Top 6: Players who could break their major duck in 2017
Rickie Fowler
Fowler didn’t enjoy the best of seasons in 2016. It looked like the American had made a good start to the year finishing third in the Hero World Challenge and then narrowly losing out in a play-off in the Waste Management Open. Two events after the play-off loss and his season seemed to fall apart, missing cuts and failing to finish in the top five of an event until August.
He was once regarded as the next big talent to come out of America but hasn’t fully lived up to the expectation and has struggled in majors recent years. He enjoyed a fine spell in 2014 where he finished inside the top five of all four majors and he will be hoping to get back to those heights.
The Ryder Cup will have helped rebuild any confidence he has lost but the majority of Fowler’s 2016 profile has been raised by his presence on social media and his Snapchat account. Will we see Fowler celebrating on his Snapchat or will it be another year to forget for the former Oklahoma State student.
2016 major record
Masters- Missed Cut
US Open- Missed Cut
The Open- T46th
PGA Championship- T33rd
Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
