Rickie Fowler reacts after his third round 66 at the St. Jude pushes him inside FedEx Cup top 50

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Rickie Fowler is in a strong position to progress to the BMW Championship after day three of the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

The FedEx Cup Playoffs on the PGA Tour are in full swing, and Fowler is currently inside the top-5 of the FedEx St. Jude Championship after a third round 66 at TPC Southwind.

Fowler noticed good signs in his golf swing at the FedEx St Jude Championship after day one.

And he has continued that form on into his next two rounds.

Fowler is a long way off the lead, which is currently held by Tommy Fleetwood.

However, a top-5 finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship should be well within his reach on Sunday afternoon.

Rickie Fowler reacts after third round 66 at the FedEx St. Jude

The 36-year-old has struggled with his game over the past two years.

However, he has shown signs recently that he is getting back to somewhere near his best.

Fowler was asked how to sum up his third round at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

He said: “Kept it in front of us pretty well. Drove it, I think — trying to go through quickly, but a lot of fairways, which is key out here. Had some more chances at birdies. Didn’t quite — ball didn’t roll how I thought they would in a couple spots.

“Yeah, all in all a solid day. Going around here, and a good par save at the last after a Spanish fade from the edge of the water. Solid day. If we can go put together another good one tomorrow and see where that puts us, see if we can get ourselves a tee time next week.

He was then asked how important good ball-striking is in Memphis this week.

Fowler said: “Yeah, kind of a combo. The ball-striking helps out. Then when you start making some putts, you can take advantage of that versus being a little shaky tee to green and then trying to rely on making some putts to keep rounds going.

“Although I’d like to make some more putts, I don’t mind some of the boring rounds where maybe you don’t make a whole lot. But shoot a few under, and fairly simple day for the most part. If you can go around this place and keep it simple, that’s a job well done.“

As a result of his round of four-under par on Saturday, Fowler jumped inside the top-50 in the FedEx Cup points list.

Fowler’s game is in very good shape right now, and if he shoots in the 60s on Sunday, he will most likely be in the field for the BMW Championship next week.

Rickie Fowler’s 2025 PGA Tour stats

Fowler is clearly nowhere near the player he once was.

He has improved slightly this season, although his numbers still show signs of a big drop-off from his glory days.

Judging by those stats, Fowler has a lot of room for improvement if he is to have any chance of advancing to the second FedEx Cup playoff event next week.

That said, he has played nicely this week, and he just needs to keep that up on Sunday at TPC Southwind.