{"id":910,"date":"2011-07-03T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T01:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/?p=910"},"modified":"2011-07-03T21:27:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T01:27:15","slug":"rickie-fowler-knocks-down-blind-hole-in-one-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/07\/rickie-fowler-knocks-down-blind-hole-in-one-in-dc.html","title":{"rendered":"Rickie Fowler knocks down blind hole-in-one in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Rickie Fowler didn&#8217;t come up with his first PGA win at the  AT&amp;T National today. In fact, his fourth round 74 dropped him from  first down to 13th in the final standings. But the rising star did do  something pretty impressive last month that some of you might have  missed. Check out this 100-yard blind tee shot Fowler made at a  promotional event in Washington, DC:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rickie Fowler makes blind hole-in-one: PGA TOUR 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AG0vEYWQe3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>If you want to hear more from Fowler, click <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspiringathletes\/2011\/05\/pga-young-gun-rickie-fowler-on-being-a-role-model-and-the-pressure-of-high-expectations.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for an interview I conducted with him earlier in the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Rickie Fowler didn&#8217;t come up with his first PGA win at the AT&amp;T National today. 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