A kind of hole-in-one love! Ricky Fowler sliding into his wife now Allison Stokes‘s DMs before they started dating.
“I reached out to him on social media. He seemed like the type of person that would suit me,” the professional golfer told Rocket Mortgage in an April 2019 YouTube interview.[She’s] very original, obviously beautiful and someone I think will be fun.
Fowler, who has long been known in golf circles for his single status, began his romance with the former gymnast via Instagram in April 2017 after they were seen together at the Moto GP Red Bull Grand Prix in America.
“I won!” professional athlete captioned his social media snap, both of which were all smiles in front of the step-and-repeat of the event.
Stokke, for his part, posted a selfie of the couple from the couch. “We’re tied up?” he wrote at that time.
After a year of dating, the California native popped the question before the annual US Open golf tournament.
“Ricky, Justin Thomasand I fly to Southampton, [New York] a few days early for the US Open,” Stokke recalled Vogue in October 2019 from his love proposal. “At the end of the day, we were the only people on one of the beaches, and Rickie asked Justin to take a picture of us. After a few photos, I looked over and Rickie was down on his knees with a big smile.
The couple is interested in a destination wedding, opting to tie the knot in front of just 48 guests in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
“I’ve always been waiting for the moment to walk down the aisle,” the pole vaulter said Vogue from their October 2019 wedding. “It was amazing to see her out there smiling and all her close friends and family back. … What an amazing night!”
The fitness model, who quickly became a staple in her husband’s competition, announced in June 2021 that she was pregnant with her first child.
“Coming in November … @rickiefowler might be a bit of a loser,” Stokke wrote via Instagram in June, teasing she was expecting a baby girl.
Fowler is also excited about his growing family. “I’m excited. He’s excited, obviously,” he told PGATour.com at the time. “I’m waiting to share it with people, and then it’s starting to get real. So we have been able to share with friends and family first and then we started sharing with more people and now everyone knows.
She continued: “It’s a wonderful and special time. I think a lot of the early ones are just making sure everything goes smoothly, making Allison healthy, feeling good, making the baby healthy. We’re all good in that department.
Their daughter, Maya, was born in November 2021 – just in time for Thanksgiving.
Scroll below for Fowler and Stokke’s full relationship timeline: