Brooks Koepka Reportedly Sounded Off On Tour Friends After Accepting $130M LIV Offer

Brooks Koepka has never given a damn what anyone has thought about him. It is apparent from his attitude, demeanor, and how he carries himself on and off the golf course. Koepka is a competitor and a damn good one at that. 

According to golf journalist Alan Shupnick’s new book, LIV and Let Die, Koepka sounded off on “country club kids,” referring to his friends on the PGA Tour who had disagreed with LIV Golf and the numerous golfers who decided to join the controversial golf tour.

Shupnick writes that Koepka was referring to Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth, among others, according to a new excerpt released by the Fire Pit Collective. The sleeve of the book also explicitly mentions that Koepka’s comments were in response to Thomas and Spieth.

The story goes that a jumbo jet supplied by LIV to players to get them across the pond from Portland, Oregon, to the JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland. Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Jason Kokrak, Pat Perez, and a few of the wives were all in Europe, enjoying a late night of drinking and carrying on.

Despite a “relaxed setting” that included Pat Perez thanking Dustin Johnson for recruiting him to the LIV Tour, Koepka stepped things up a notch:

“F*** all of those country club kids who talk s*** about me,” he said, referring to the likes of Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, and others. “You think I give a f*** what they think? You think I care what people say about me? I just had three surgeries, and I’m supposed to turn down $130 million? I grew up with nothing. After signing that contract, the first person I called was my mom. We both cried.”

Koepka, who played last weekend’s Ryder Cup with both Thomas and Spieth on the team, was paired with another Tour-loyal player in Scottie Scheffler, and the two shared what seemed to be incredibly good chemistry.

Despite reports of a “fracture” in the U.S. locker room because of an ongoing disagreement between Patrick Cantlay and the non-payment structure of the Ryder Cup, contradicting reports stated that there was unity in the American team, as personal vendettas had been set aside to take on the Europeans.

There also seemed to be plenty of camaraderie between Koepka and other PGA Tour players last week:

I make money moves pic.twitter.com/yAZvByXFjQ

— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) October 1, 2023

LIV and Let Die is set to be released on October 17 and can be pre-ordered here.

Cover Image via SBNation