Brooks Koepka slaps Tiger Woods with ‘Masters’ slander, majors claim

Brooks Koepka has opened his mouth once more and made some audacious claims.

Koepka joined the Barstool’s Pardon My Take podcast to speak in regards to the upcoming Ryder Cup. However it was feedback about each Tiger Woods and main championships as a complete that caught everybody’s consideration.

The five-time main winner listed some very lofty, inconceivable objectives which shocked Huge Cat.

“I really feel like I can get to 12, [major titles]” Koepka mentioned. “Properly, you consider what number of I’ve already blown. Like, I blew one to Phil, so that might be six. Tiger — that is seven. Jon Rahm — in order that’s eight. Gary Woodland — misplaced to Gary, in order that’s 9. I really feel like I ought to have 9 proper now.”

After dropping the quantity, the hosts requested him if he felt he may catch Woods. He may have responded with a quantity. As an alternative, Koepka needed to throw a dig at Woods.

“I hope so. That’d be nice, proper? That was the benchmark,” Koepka mentioned. “14 until I gave him 15.”

Did the 33-year-old give Woods his fifteenth, or did the legendary golfer simply play higher than the previous Seminole?

Woods entered the ultimate spherical of the 2019 Masters at 11-under, one shot forward of Koepka. Each gamers carded a 2-under 70. Francesco Molinari really led that match after 54 holes, however posted a final-round 74.

Koepka completed tied for second with Xander Schauffele and Dustin Johnson, whereas Woods strolled the 18th fairway together with his fifteenth main in his pocket.

In the meantime, Koepka gained his fifth main this 12 months at Oak Hill for his third PGA Championship title.

Koepka is elite in main championships and is arguably the perfect participant of this technology. However his numbers pale compared to Woods.

It’s effectively and wonderful if he needs to say he’ll win 12. Good luck sir, that might transfer you effectively up the leaderboard of best to ever play. However saying you gifted Tiger his fifteenth main is hyperbole at its most interesting.

Koepka arrived in Rome Monday and can play in his fourth Ryder Cup this week.

The 9-time PGA Tour winner has gotten his confidence again, however he should not neglect how misplaced his sport was after the 2019 Masters Championship for 3 years.

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