Brooks Koepka admitted Wednesday that he is not solely thrilled with the place LIV Golf stands because the upstart circuit continues its fourth 12 months of existence.
“I feel all of us hoped it might have been somewhat bit additional alongside, and that is no secret,” Koepka mentioned forward of the LIV Golf Miami match at Trump Nationwide Doral.
“Regardless of the place you are at, you all the time hope the whole lot is additional alongside. However they’re making progress, and it appears to be moving into the precise path.”
Koepka’s feedback come on the heels of his phrases in March that precipitated a stir. At that time, the five-time main champion didn’t solely dismiss feedback by Fred {Couples} that Koepka needs to return to the PGA Tour.
“Everyone appears to have their very own opinion and nobody asks me,” Koepka mentioned on the time, forward of that week’s LIV occasion in Singapore. “Like I’ve mentioned earlier than, I am not in these rooms. I’ve obtained a contract obligation out right here to satisfy, after which we’ll see what occurs.”
Koepka left the PGA Tour in June 2022 for a contract with LIV that’s reportedly value greater than $100 million and runs by way of 2026.
However let’s return to Koepka’s feedback on Wednesday, particularly concerning the path of LIV Golf.
LIV Golf, in any case, has made important modifications this 12 months, together with Scott O’Neill changing Greg Norman as CEO along with altering its staff format to make all gamers’ scores depend in each spherical.
With that in thoughts, DeChambeau opted to deflect the query of what modifications must be made for LIV to take constructive strides.
“I might say that is a Scott query,” DeChambeau mentioned. “Scott O’Neil will take a stab at that. We do not know the whole lot that is happening, however from what we have heard, there’s a whole lot of constructive progress and constructive momentum from a sponsorship aspect.
“I might say from a golf course aspect we’re taking part in golf programs which are considerably simpler proper now, and I feel it is getting harder because the season goes on. I hope we are able to proceed to play some harder golf programs, however as our fourth 12 months, look, it is a startup. It is nonetheless 4 years in, and we’re working in direction of what we have all the time believed on this league is that this staff golf, and we’re nonetheless people taking part in stroke play occasions, however there is a staff part, which is admittedly cool.”
–Discipline Stage Media
