His résumé is heavy with major championship accomplishments, and Brooks Koepka has somewhat famously let it be known that the regular tournaments are not much of a priority to him.
So a couple of missed cuts late in a long year that has seen its share of injury struggles for Koepka might not seem like that big of deal, even with his made-for-TV match with Bryson DeChambeau looming on Friday.
Then again, there Koepka was a few weeks ago in Houston hitting balls with darkness setting in, under the lights, trying to work out the issues in what has been a troubling game for the better part of three months.
“I’ve been playing bad for so long, so I’m just trying to play my way out of this thing and figure it out,” Koepka said. “Hopefully we come out on the other side soon.”
Koepka said that at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, where he missed the cut by 4 shots. A week later in Houston, he again missed the cut, this time by 3 strokes.
DeChambeau didn’t miss the opportunity to poke some fun at Koepka about the missed cuts to hype “The Match.” He tweeted out the photo of Koepka with his eyes closed from earlier this year in the video that went viral, sparking their monthslong feud that led to the 12-hole made-for-TV (4 p.m. ET Friday, TNT) encounter.
Since a tie for sixth at The Open in July, Koepka has played eight tournaments with a best result of a tie for 22nd at the BMW Championship. A wrist injury suffered during the third round of the Tour Championship while hitting a tree root caused him to withdraw. It also, briefly, put in doubt the Ryder Cup, where he ended up playing four matches and going 2-2.
Aside from a Sunday singles victory at Whistling Straits in an overwhelming United States victory over Europe, there’s not been much for Koepka to get excited about.
And yet, he contended in three major championships and won his first tournament in more than a year at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in February.
He followed that with a tie for…
Source : espn
