Rickie Fowler wife Allison Stokke is back in the spotlight as he appears in the 2026 Miami Championship. The attention has shifted beyond Fowler’s scoreline and back toward the former pole vaulter who has long had a public profile of her own.
Rickie Fowler and Allison Stokke
Fowler, an American professional golfer best known for the PGA Tour, began his career in 2009. He was the world’s top-ranked golfer for 36 weeks across 2007 and 2008 and reached a career high of fourth in the Official World Golf Ranking in January 2016.
Stokke is his wife. She grew up in Newport Beach, California, and began pole vaulting as a freshman at Newport High School after first competing as a gymnast. By her senior year, she was reportedly ranked second in the state and second in the nation.
Allison Stokke at UC Berkeley
Her college path took her to UC Berkeley after she was recruited by Harvard, Stanford and UCLA. In 2008, she broke a freshman record, and as a junior she placed fifth at the Pac-10 championships. After graduating, she kept pole vaulting for fitness brands including Nike, Athleta and GoPro.
Stokke’s name reached far beyond track and field in 2007, when her pole vaulting pictures went viral and drew sexualizing comments. Major publications covered the attention, and Stokke later described it as “a little creepy” and said, “Even if none of it is illegal, it just all feels really demeaning. I worked so hard for pole vaulting and all this other stuff, and it's almost like that doesn”
Berkeley, 2017, and 2018
The couple’s connection to Berkeley has resurfaced before. In 2017, Stokke and Fowler returned to campus, and he wrote, “Our tour continued to Cal for @allisonstokke’s homecoming…thank you for showing me your stomping grounds!! I met some amazing people and look forward to getting back soon!”
She also posted “Just a couple of Southern California kids always looking for the beach.” and later “California Christmas 2018.” Those posts help explain why Fowler’s Miami appearance pulls her name back into the conversation: Stokke is not just identified as a golfer’s wife, but as a former elite collegiate athlete whose own story ran alongside Fowler’s long before this event.
For readers following Fowler in Miami, the practical takeaway is simple: the renewed interest is centered on his family background as much as his golf. Stokke’s resume reaches from Newport High School to Berkeley, and her athletic profile still travels with Fowler every time he lands in a major event.
