As for Paul Azinger, Brooks Koepka doesn’t need to be on Whistling Straits next week with the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
If he doesn’t like the event, the former team captain and current Golf Channel analyst said on Wednesday, Koepka should step down.
“I’m not sure he loves the Ryder Cup so much, if he doesn’t love it, he should give up his place and get people to love him,” Azinger said Wednesday, via ESPN’s Bob Harig. “Not everyone embraces it. But if you don’t love it and you’re not exhausted, I think Brooks, especially hurt, should consider whether he really wants to be there.
“And if you add the Bryson [DeChambeau] with that dynamic, it would be an even easier decision for him. “
Koepka doesn’t seem to enjoy the Ryder Cup
Koepka, in one, doesn’t sound like he likes to play in the Ryder Cup.
“It’s a little weird, if I’m being honest,” he said. “I do not want to say that it is a bad week. We are so individualized and everyone has their routine and a different way of doing things, and now it’s like it’s okay, we have to have a meeting right now or God does it or he does it. It’s the opposite of what happens during a major week. If I break down an important week, it’s very cold. “
The hectic character of a Ryder Cup, combined with the team look, doesn’t appeal to him. He said he can’t go to the gym or take a nap or ever relax, which makes it much harder to play.
“It’s hard,” Koepka said. “There are times when I’m like, I won my game. I did my job. What do you want from me? I know how to take responsibility for the shots I have each week. Now, someone else hit a bad shot and left me in the wrong place, and I know that hole is a loss. This is new and you need to change the way you think about things. It goes from an individual sport all the time to a team sport one week a year. It’s so far from my normal routine. “
The eight-time PGA Tour winner was the only player not to attend a training session this week on Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, before the event, which kicks off on September 24th. Koepka retired from the Tour Championship earlier this month. , also, due to a wrist injury.
Still, despite his feelings for the event and his injury, Koepka said he will be ready to start.
“I feel good,” he said. “I have been doing my rehabilitation, doing everything I can to be ready for the Cup. I’ll be ready to play. “