Control will be key to Rickie Fowler’s destiny at US Open

He’s probably sick and tired of people telling him how good he is but the nearly man in golf knows that to date he hasn’t fully delivered in the professional game, writes John McHenry.

Throughout his professional career, Rickie Fowler’s golfing ability has been either over overrated or underrated but while no one doubts that he is better that the four PGA and six worldwide wins he currently has to his name, he still has a long way to go before he can be rightly mentioned in the same category as his good friends Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, knowing that time and time again he has underperformed during those same major championships they have won.

Overshadowed by better players? Perhaps, but you must remember that, historically, Fowler has had a curious tendency to play his best tournament golf in the strongest fielded events — where other great golfers are also turning in great performances.