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Rickie Fowler walks and talks with Todd Lewis about how he has tried to give back to the Maui community, returning to Kapalua, what he learned from his down years and more. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #RickieFowler
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>>> RICKIE FOWLER COLLABORATED WITH PUMA GOLF ON A SPECIALIZED L HAT TO WEAR DURING THE SENTRY. IT REPRESENTS LAHAINA AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON SITE WITH ALL PROCEEDS BENEFITING MAUI UNITED WAY. RICKIE NOW WITH TODD LEWIS. >> RICKIE, YOU’VE BEEN COMING

HERE FOR A WHILE AND CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED IN AUGUST, YOU’RE WEARING A HAT THAT REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? >> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF US HAVE KIND OF LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS HOW WE CAN AT LEAST HELP OUT OR GIVE BACK.

AND EVERYONE IS KIND OF DOING, YOU KNOW, LITTLE PART OR BIG PART BETWEEN PLAYERS, SPONSORS, MANUFACTURERS, EVERYONE IS — AS WELL AS PGA TOUR. EVERYONE IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING. AND WE WEREN’T SURE IF THE TOURNAMENT WAS EVEN GOING TO BE ON A FEW MONTHS AGO.

SO WE’RE ALL EXCITED TO BE HERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, REMEMBERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS GONE ON DOWN THE ROAD. SO WITH THE L CAP THAT PUMA DID, THERE IS THE L UP ON THE HILL THAT KIND OF OVERLOOKS LAHAINA AND KIND OF I GUESS HAS BEEN

THERE FOR YEARS. A LITTLE BIT OF A LANDMARK AND, YOU KNOW, SYMBOL OF THE COMMUNITY AND SO IT WAS A GREAT IDEA THAT PUMA HAD AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD — MYSELF AND THE TEAM COULD GET BEHIND AND ALL THE PROCEEDS FROM THE HAT AND

I’M STILL TRYING TO THINK OF HOW I WANT TO DO SOMETHING PERSONALLY, WHETHER I’M GOING TO MATCH THAT OF SOME SORT OR I WANT TO DO MORE ON MY OWN. SO, YEAH, IT HAS BEEN REALLY COOL TO SEE EVERYONE KIND OF COME TOGETHER AND WANT TO DO

SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST BE WHAT THE TOUR IS DOING. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT GOLF. LAST YEAR WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR YOU, GREAT YEAR, ACTUALLY. YOU MADE THE U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM. HOW INVIGORATED ARE YOU NOW ABOUT THIS SEASON, CONSIDERING WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR?

>> IT WAS GREAT TO COME BACK AND HAVE THE SEASON THAT I DID, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT COMING BACK TO KAPALUA, AND I HAVEN’T BEEN HERE FOR A FEW YEARS. SO IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK. IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN.

BEFORE IT USED TO BE JUST WINNING, NOW THERE IS A FEW OTHER WAYS TO GET HERE, TOP 50, WINNING TAKES CARE OF IT AS WELL, BUT NOW THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START THE YEAR. THIS MEANS YOU DID SOMETHING RIGHT.

AND AFTER A FEW YEARS OF NOT BEING HERE, JUST GRATEFUL TO BE IN THIS POSITION, BECAUSE, YEAH, GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES, NOT PLAYING WELL, GETTING BACK INTO A GOOD SPOT, IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE WHEN THE TIMES ARE GOOD. >> YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS

LAST YEAR, AND THE FACT YOU’VE GONE, YOU KNOW, HIT BOTTOM KIND OF ESSENTIALLY IN YOUR GAME, CONSIDERING HOW WELL YOU WERE PLAYING PRIOR TO THAT. THAT GAVE YOU A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS ABOUT YOUR GAME NOW?

>> I THINK I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY APPRECIATING THE GOOD TIMES. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER. AND THEN ALSO KNOWING THAT THOSE ROUGH TIMES, HOPEFULLY NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER, BUT IT IS — YOU LEARN MORE THROUGH THOSE

TIMES THAN YOU DO THE GOOD ONES. AND — >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN? >> I THINK I’M STILL LEARNING THAT. NO. A LOT OF HAVING A GOOD SOLID TEAM AROUND ME, AS WELL AS MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, LEARNING TO LEAN ON OTHER PEOPLE, AND NOT

TRYING TO TAKE IT — NOT TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING MYSELF. YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT’S, YOU KNOW, WORKING ON GOLF STUFF, PERSONAL STUFF, TAKING, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE AS ME AS A PLAYER, YOU KNOW, I END UP

HAVING A LOT ON MY PLATE, SO I GUESS MANAGING THINGS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE TRYING NOT TO PUT AS MUCH PRESSURE INTERNALLY ON YOURSELF. IS THAT RIGHT? AM I ACCURATE? >> ULTIMATELY, YEAH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS

WHERE IT IS KIND OF THE — SUPPOSED TO BE THE MAYBE LEAST STRESSFUL WHEN YOU GET TO GO OUT AND PLAY. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH, THIS IS WHERE THE MOST STRESS KIND OF ENDS UP BEING. SO, IT IS A FINE LINE, IT IS

ALWAYS JUST AN INTERESTING BALANCE OF LEARNING HOW TO MANAGE THINGS AND THAT CHANGES OVER THE