ERIN, Wis. _ As Rickie Fowler's tee shot soared into the first fairway Sunday, a man yelled: "Let's go, Rickie! Do it today, baby!"
Fowler did birdie that first hole but could get little going beyond that. His even-par 72 left him in a tie for fifth and in a familiar spot _ still in search of his first major championship.
Yet Fowler remained Mr. Positive.
"I feel like I'm playing at the highest level," Fowler said. "If you look at the negatives too much, you're going to be stuck doing that the whole time.
"You have to measure success in different ways, not just by winning, because that doesn't happen a whole lot. I think Tiger (Woods) had the best winning percentage of all time at 30 percent, and you're lucky to even sniff close to 10."
Fowler finished tied for 11th at the Masters and sounded satisfied with his 10-under total at Erin Hills.
"Even though the scores were somewhat lower than a normal U.S. Open," he said, "to finish in double digits under par at a major championship, especially the Open, it was a good week."
