Rickie Fowler ends PGA drought, wins sixth Tour event

and his sixth overall.

Fowler led the tournament coming into Sunday’s final round, but Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin came from behind to match Fowler at 24-under par to force a playoff. There, Fowler nailed a 12-foot putt to secure his first Tour win since the 2019 WM Phoenix Open.

Winning is great but there is a lot more to life than that.”

Fowler had finished in the top 15 in his last four tournaments – including a fifth-place finish at the U.S. Open – but had been unable to pull out a win. He even held the co-lead on the final day of the U.S. Open before slowing down the stretch.

“It’s a huge setback for equity, especially for disadvantaged communities, whether that disadvantage is race or income,” said Bob Shireman, a former deputy undersecretary in the Education Department during the Obama administration. “Those of us who work on education equity are going to have to triple or quadruple our efforts.” from attending college. While universities can no longer give an admissions advantage to underrepresented minorities based solely on the color of their skin or their ethnicity, they could favor other measures — such as household income or homeownership — that can serve as an effective proxy to draw the same students.

“We will work vigorously to preserve — and, indeed, grow — the diversity of our community while fully respecting the law as announced,” Princeton University said in a statement. Students could still write about their race in application essays, but admissions officers wouldn’t be able to use that as a factor in deciding who to let in, according to the ruling on affirmative action.

“Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. But “universities may not simply establish through application essays or other means the regime we hold unlawful today.”’

Rickie Fowler’s drought of PGA wins is over.

The former OSU golfer, sporting his trademark Sunday orange outfit, won the Rocket Mortgage Classic, claiming his first PGA Tour win in four years

“It’s hard to really put it all into words,” Fowler said. “Obviously a lot of good stuff this year and been playing some really good golf, so I knew it was just a matter of time with how I’ve been playing. I’ve had a couple tough weekends where I had a chance.

So, Fowler was used to the pressure of being at the top of the leaderboard heading into Sunday, but he said there’s never a guarantee of getting back to the winner’s circle like he did in 2019. That’s what made this win so special.

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The decisions, part of a rightward swing by a court that pairs six committed conservatives with three liberals, may ultimately exacerbate inequality and make it more difficult for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to advance through education. Companies will have a harder time recruiting the diverse workforces they crave, and the pipeline of talent from elite universities may become more homogeneous.

Yet education professionals don’t see this as the death knell for their diversity goals and vow not to let it keep students

The lawsuit over affirmative action argued that Harvard University punished Asian Americans by assigning them lower ratings on leadership and likability during the admission process, while automatically giving preferences to Black and Hispanic applicants.

Ishan Kanaskar, a rising high school senior in San Antonio, said he disagreed with the ruling and is worried it will reduce diversity. Still, he said he’s now more likely to mention his background as an AsianAmerican in his college application essay.

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