Irish Open: Brooks Koepka Addresses Ryder Cup Snub with Candid Reflection

[ad_1] The ultimate captain's picks for the Ryder Cup have been at all times going to depart a path of disappointment amongst gamers. When Keegan Bradley and Luke Donald introduced their 12-man squads following the Tour Championship, a number of high-profile names have been left off the roster, together with two from LIV Golf: Sergio Garcia and Brooks Koepka.

Garcia, the Ryder Cup's all-time factors chief, was so shaken by his exclusion that he withdrew from this week's Amgen Irish Open at The Ok Membership in Kildare. However whereas he stepped away, Brooks Koepka selected to talk out.

STRAFFAN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Brooks Koepka of america acknowledges the group on the ninth inexperienced on day one of many Amgen Irish Open 2025 at The Ok Membership on September 04, 2025... STRAFFAN, IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 04: Brooks Koepka of america acknowledges the group on the ninth inexperienced on day one of many Amgen Irish Open 2025 at The Ok Membership on September 04, 2025 in Straffan, Eire. (Photograph by Warren Little/Getty Photos) Extra Getty Photos The five-time main winner has lengthy been a fixture in Group USA's Ryder Cup lineup.

"I performed my manner off it, so I can not be disillusioned," Koepka informed "Off The Ball" in a frank interview at The Ok Membership. "I did it myself. It is not something I am not conscious of. I am not shying away from it. It is simply dangerous timing."

The 35-year-old acknowledged that his efficiency this season had merely not met the usual, no matter his fame.

"Simply the state of affairs I am in, being on LIV after which not taking part in properly," he added throughout the identical dialog with Off The Ball. "I do not assume LIV had something to do with me not being on the staff, however it was extra of the timing of the yr and attempting to get that ball rolling, which I have been doing."

On the LIV Golf circuit, he managed simply three top-five finishes and landed thirty first within the particular person standings.

"The putter has let me down this yr," he admitted, as seen within the video posted on YouTube. "I have never actually made something inside eight toes which has been the bread and butter my complete profession ... it goes by your complete sport at that time."

As of now, just one LIV participant made the American Ryder Cup staff, Bryson DeChambeau, who earned his spot by automated qualification. For Koepka, the margin was slimmer and the timing much less forgiving.

"I believe Augusta actually set me again," he mirrored on the Ok Membership. "I missed a pair brief ones there and you then lose a little bit of confidence and may't progress."

Koepka went on to explain the psychological toll of his struggles, stating, "Golf's a kind of video games the place you sit there and overthink it. If you play your finest you are not interested by something ... When issues aren't going properly you query the whole lot."