“I have no idea” – Brooks Koepka claims being unaware of unique LIV Golf record
Brooks Koepka is playing at the LIV Golf Individual Championship this week at Bolingbrook Golf Club. After the first round, Koepka leads the LIV Golf Chicago leaderboard with 8-under-62. He carded three birdies on the front nine followed by five more birdies on the back nine to finish the round four strokes ahead of Paul Casey.
During the post-round press conference, Koepka was asked if he was aware of his end-season ‘final push’ record. Koepka had won the penultimate tournaments in the previous two seasons of LIV, winning the 2022 LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah with 12-under, following it up with a victory in the 2023 edition of LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah with 14-under.
In response, Brooks Koepka said that he was unaware of the record but acknowledged that he had good performances in Jeddah for the last two seasons. He said (via ASAP Sports):
“ I have no idea. I have no idea. Yeah, Jeddah has treated me pretty good. No idea why. If I knew, I'd be doing it in the middle of the season from the first week in April on,” Koepka said
Koepka was then asked if he could maintain his four-stroke lead or whether there was a possibility of others catching up, to which he replied:
“It just all depends on the wind. I think the pin locations if they're difficult enough, if you hit it on the wrong side -- well, I didn't hit many fairways, but if you put it in the wrong side of the rough, you can't control the golf ball. You've just got to understand where to put it, where to miss it…It all kind of depends,” Koepka said.
After the first round, Brooks Koepka will tee off for the second round on Saturday, September 14 at 12:15 P.M (local time).
Where does Brooks Koepka’s team Smash GC stand after the first round of the LIV Golf Chicago?
Brooks Koepka’s team Smash GC is tied for second place on the LIV Golf Chicago leaderboard with 4 Aces GC. Both teams have a score of 5-under each. Crushers GC are currently atop the leaderboard with 9-under.
Here are the entire team standings after the first round of the LIV Golf Chicago:
1 Crushers GC -9
T2 4Aces GC -5
T2 Smash GC -5
4 Majesticks GC -3
5 Fireballs GC -2
6 Stinger GC E
T7 RangeGoats GC +1
T7 Torque GC +1
T7 Cleeks GC +1
10 Ripper GC +2
11 IronHead GC +4
12 Legion XIII +7
13 HyFlyers GC +10