Although the press and the public loved Stokke and Fowler together, their relationship did have one significant opponent - and it was someone Fowler had a lot of respect for. It was his golf coach!
The coach, who had ambitions to see his young student becoming the best golf player in the world, initially felt that a high-profile relationship with Stokke would be a distraction to Fowler. The coach went public with his thoughts, which was a little bit rude. Fowler didn't pay him any attention.