Last year Chase Koepka teamed with his big brother Brooks in New Orleans and had himself a nice fat payday at the 2017 Zurich Classic.
The brothers Koepka combined to produce a tie for fifth place and banked $153,951.67 each.
That was plenty of money to fund Chase’s European Tour adventures for 2018.
He’ll need every penny of it, seems like. Things have been a little tough for the younger Koepka on the other side of the world.
To date, he’s earned a whopping 39,382 Euros, which equates to $48,079.51 and when you look at the amount of traveling that’s required on the European Tour, he’s lucky if that covers his expenses so far.
His game hasn’t been there.
His best check came last January at the BMW South African Open where he won 24,001 Euros, finishing in a tie for seventh.
Chase tied for 58th at the World Super Six in February (3,025 Euros) but missed the cut the following week in Oman. He tied for 53rd in Qatar and banked a massive 4,845 Euros. You can see that you pretty much have to finish in the top 10 to make any money on that tour.
In March he withdrew from the Tshwane Open then missed two cuts this month at the Open de Espana and last week’s Trophee Hassan II.
The kid badly needs a turnaround.
Probably wishes he was playing with big brother this week in New Orleans. Looked like easy money last year.
