LOS ANGELES — It’s a question quite a few golf fans were asking.
What’s up with Rickie Fowler carrying around that water bottle?
During the 2023 US Open, Fowler has been seen hauling around a large metal water bottle, covered in stickers.
Most golfers tend to just grab a nearby plastic water bottle for hydration, but Fowler likes his metal one.
“I started carrying it at the beginning of this year,” he said when asked after his third round Saturday. Then he explained having it makes for a good reminder. “I drink more if I’m carrying it, and it’s also heavy when it’s full, so I don’t want to necessarily throw that on Rick, my caddie, to tote that thing around.”
He then added: “The real reason is I drink more water and electrolytes when I carry it.”
Rickie Fowler walks with Jason Day during the first round of the 2023 US Open at Los Angeles Country Club. (Photo: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports)
And as many people tend to do, Fowler also has several stickers on him.
“I have a few different stickers on there, friends of friends or connections in one way,” he said. As for his favorite? “There’s a little lightbulb logo, it’s kind of a cool logo for kind of a cool brewery in St. Louis called Side Project.”
Here’s guessing Side Project picked up some Google search traffic over the last 12 hours.
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