Add Rickie Fowler To The Elite Walking Wounded Brigade

If what the newlywed contracted on his honeymoon is even half as bad as it sounds, then don’t count on Rickie Fowler rushing back to the golf course soon.

Steve DiMeglio on Fowler’s bacterial infection that knocks him out of next week’s Mayacoba Classic and possibly, Presidents Cup consideration if a spot opens up.

In a text message to Golfweek, Fowler said at the tail end of his honeymoon – he got married the first week of October – he came down with Campylobacter jejuni, which is among the most common bacterial infections and leads to cramps, fever, pain and diarrhea.

Fowler said he started feeling the effects of the intestinal bacterial infection Oct. 26 and didn’t started getting back to normal until Nov. 7.

“It was not a fun stretch,” Fowler wrote. He added he is taking medicine to combat the last stages of the infection and just didn’t have enough time to properly prepare for the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he’s finished second and in a tie for 16th the past two years.