Inside Pro Golfer Rickie Fowler and Pole Vaulter Allison Stokke’s Romantic Wedding in Mexico

“Rickie, Justin Thomas, and I flew up to Southampton a few days early for the U.S. Open,” pole vaulter Allison Stokke remembers of how the pro golfer set a plan into motion for his proposal. She and Rickie coyly announced their relationship to the public in April 2017 when they both shared pictures from a Moto GP race they attended in Texas. The photos rocked the golf world, as Rickie had notoriously been the only single pro on the circuit for a while. (When the U.S. team won the Ryder Cup in 2016, he famously posed, shrugging, while his teammates embraced their significant others for a celebratory kiss.) Fast-forward a few years, when Rickie and his good friend Justin Thomas had a day off from practice ahead of the U.S. Open at Shinnecock, so they decided to explore Long Island with Allison. “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,” Allison recalls. “After a couple of photos, I looked over and Rickie was down on one knee with a big smile on his face.”

Originally, they planned on getting married in the Bahamas, at Baker’s Bay in the Sea of Abaco. “Both of us wanted a destination wedding—a real vacation and getaway for our guests,” Allison says. “We knew it was hurricane season but decided to take our chances, as the last couple of years had been relatively mild.”

Exactly one month out from the wedding, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas. “The impact on the islands, their residents, and our friends in the Abacos was heartbreaking,” Allison says. “Our friends at Discovery Land Company also saw tremendous loss at Baker’s Bay and its surrounding areas, and they still managed to reach out and offer us a venue at one of their properties in Cabo. We were very lucky, as we ended up with the most hospitable crew and perfect weather at El Dorado Golf Beach Club and Chileno Bay Golf and Beach Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Elena Damy and her crew out of Cabo and our event planner, Marcy Blum of Marcy Blum Associates were miracle workers and helped us create an even more amazing setting with florals and decor, somehow all at the last minute.”

The dress search was much less fraught. Allison wanted something simple and timeless, and she found exactly that in a look by Elizabeth Fillmore. “I tried on so many gorgeous dresses that I absolutely loved, but the one I wore worked perfectly with the venue and setup of the wedding,” she says. “When we saw the veil, I couldn’t get it out of my mind because it was simple yet added such a delicate and ethereal yet decorative touch to it.” Carachele Tyvan was flown out from Los Angeles to create natural hair and makeup looks all weekend long. “She helped create the perfect aesthetic for each night and made that part absolutely effortless on my end,” Allison remembers. “And Gabrielle [Jaworskyi, an event producer at Marcy Blum Associates] and Marcy helped me find a super-simple yet unique pair of earrings from Danielle Frankel.”