The intelligent approach Brooks Koepka used his golf glove … to repair his grip 

Golf is loopy, Brooks Koepka says. He has proof, too. 

He appears at his yr. He says he hasn’t performed nicely. However at instances, he has. Take the majors. Koepka missed the reduce on the Masters, the PGA Championship and the Open Championship — and respectably tied for twelfth on the U.S. Open. 

“It’s felt good,” Koepka stated, “after which it’s simply fully disappeared. 

“Ebbs and flows.”

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Then there’s his putter. He stated he’s struggled with it. Particularly the 8-footers. The “bread and butter” of his profession, as he known as them. However the misses have snowballed. 

“Which means you bought to hit it shut,” Koepka stated. “It places a bit of extra strain in your irons. Then you definately obtained to hit it within the fairway.

“And it simply form of goes by the entire sport at that time.”

Koepka was speaking with the Off the Ball group forward of this week’s Amgen Irish Open, the place the five-time main winner is enjoying this week. The hope is to regroup, he stated. In three weeks, he received’t play within the Ryder Cup after making 4 straight appearances, however he’s hopeful to play within the biennial occasion once more in two years, when it’ll be performed at Adare Manor, about two hours west of this week’s occasion. And there’s some optimism. The slightest of changes after recognizing the smallest of issues did it. 

Vital to Koepka has been posture, alignment and grip. The fundamentals. Or put one other approach, he stated he tries to not overthink issues. “Once you’re enjoying your finest, you’re not interested by something,” Koepka stated to Off the Ball. “You simply go up and go hit the ball. You don’t take into consideration, ‘Oh, I obtained to begin it down this line, do that, or my swing’s obtained to be shorter, come a bit of bit extra inside or outdoors.’ You simply rise up and hit it.” The mantra, he stated, led him to a grip change. It occurred across the center of the yr. 

After he noticed one thing on his golf glove. 

“We had been simply wanting on the grip making an attempt to determine what was occurring,” Koepka advised Off the Ball, “simply because the membership by no means felt fairly good in my arms and simply noticing that it obtained a bit of too palm heavy. You might see it within the put on and tear on the gloves. My thumb was sporting a bit of bit extra and the sting of the palm proper in there was sporting. However that simply signifies that the entire membership isn’t secure, proper? So it’s obtained to go on each ends of your arms. 

“So simply noticing issues like which have form of helped.”

So Koepka will work. Within the video, he stated he’ll play two extra occasions this yr, then his LIV Golf schedule begins once more in 2026. He’ll additionally watch the Ryder Cup. 

Was he disenchanted to not be picked to the U.S. workforce? Koepka stated he wasn’t. He blamed his play. He additionally didn’t blame being on LIV, the place tournaments don’t rely towards Ryder Cup standings. 

“I did it myself, so it’s not something I’m not conscious of,” Koepka stated. “Not shying away from it. It’s simply dangerous timing. You’ve got one down yr, but when it’s the yr after the Ryder Cup, it makes it a complete lot simpler to play catch-up. 

“However yeah, I feel simply the state of affairs I’m in being on LIV after which not enjoying nicely is — I don’t assume LIV had something to do with me not being on the workforce, nevertheless it was extra the timing of the yr and simply making an attempt to get that ball rolling.”

Koepka did have recommendation although, for the visiting European Ryder Cup workforce, which is predicted to play in entrance of an enthusiastic crowd at Bethpage Black. And you’ll hear that, together with watching the whole Off the Ball video, by clicking right here. 

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