Brooks — stop it, please stop it, don’t tell us sweet little lies.
BK decided to try and fool everyone this week at The Travelers.
He tried to tell us he’s approaching this event like he would a major.
Mooooo-ah-hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Anyone believe that for one moment?
Brooks gave us this before the first round:
“I even told my caddie (Ricky Elliott) today, we’re going to try to take the mental approach we do at the majors this week,” Koepka said. “I’m going to try something maybe a little bit different and see how it works out.”
Fibber McGhee.
All we need to do to know that Brooks was shoveling some horse dung at us was look at his first round result.
Koepka went out early at the TPC River Highlands, a course no one will mistake for Bethpage Black or Shinnecock, and turned in three birdies and four, count ’em, four bogeys.
So the reigning PGA champ put up a one-over par 71 and promptly found himself tied for 112th. So how did that work out, Brooks?
Ouch. We’re talking total disinterest, truth be known.
First consider that a bunch of fairly unaccomplished players went out and shot 64. Ryan Armour, Bronson Burgoon, K.H. Lee, Abraham Ancer, Mackenzie Hughes and Zach Sucher are your first round leaders. Not sure anyone would get out of bed to go watch any of those guys play golf.
Paul Casey had a chance to join them and at least give us a recognizable name at the top, but no, he made a sloppy bogey at the 18th to shoot 65 along with U.S. Open contender Chez Reavie, Keegan Bradley and three others.
Koepka wasn’t the only big name who stunk up things in Cromwell. Jordan Spieth’s 73 left him tied for 136th.
On the good news side, rookie Viktor Havlund, who turned pro on Thursday, shot 67. His Oklahoma State teammate, Matt Wolff, shot 70 and he can tell his buddies that he beat Brooks Koepka.
So no, it didn’t look like Koepka was the least bit serious about his claim.
This isn’t a major and Koepka knows that.
2 Comments
baxter cepeda
Yes Koepka knows it’s not a major. But that makes this a psychological issue…I believe it’s a physical one.
I do not question BKs intentions, in fact I do believe him, but the reality is brooks struggles to perform his best in non majors.
So long as he keeps performing in majors so what?
But why does this phenomenon occur?
BKs psychology is not a questionable one so I would look elsewhere.
For me it’s horses for courses and this beefiest of horses gells perfectly with the beefiest tests of today’s elite golf competitions.
While many players still get beat up at majors, many of the courses —even the Bethpage blacks — look borderline obsolete as extremely tough tests for brooks.
Until the usga rna find a way to reign in these bombers, I would expect this man to continue being an extreme presence in the ‘toughest tests’.
Tom Edrington
Another great observation, Baxter…..we take issue with Brooks telling everyone he’s approaching this like a major and by Saturday afternoon, he’s so far down the leaderboard you have trouble finding him!