Fowler's best known work includes, but is not limited to:

BRITAIN & IRELAND:
Aberdovey, Wales (1892, with James Braid) / Beau Desert, Staffs (1911) / Blackwell, Worcs (1893, with Tom Simpson) / Bull Bay, Wales (1913) / Burnham & Berrow, Somerset (1890, modifications) / Cruden Bay, Scotland (1926, major modifications with Tom Simpson) / Delamere Forest, Cheshire (1910) / Lindrick, Notts (1923, modifications with Willie Park Jr) / North Foreland, Kent (1903, with Tom Simpson) / Royal Automobile Club, Surrey (1913, Old course) / Royal North Devon, Westward Ho! (1908, significant modifications) / Saunton, Devon (1897, East course) / Southerdown, Wales (1908, modifications) / The Berkshire, Berks (1928, Blue and Red courses) / Walton Heath, Surrey (1903, Old course) (1907 & 1913, New course) / West Surrey, Surrey (1910) / Yelverton, Devon (1904).

UNITED STATES:
Eastward Ho! CC, MA (1922) / Los Angeles CC, CA (1921, North course; later significantly changed by George C. Thomas) / Pebble Beach Links, CA (1922, the 18th hole) / Presidio GC, CA (1921, redesign).

Before becoming a much celebrated golf course designer, Fowler enjoyed considerable success as a county cricketer, initially playing for Essex, and later switching to Somerset in 1879. As a tall man of 6ft 3 inches (1.91 m) he developed a reputation as a big-hitter of the ball. From 1910 until well into the 1920s, Fowler's golf architecture business was conducted in partnership with Tom Simpson. Later in that period they established the firm of Fowler, Abercromby, Simpson & Croome.