Brooks Koepka hates one thing about modern golf, ‘that drives me nuts’

Brooks Koepka has unsurprisingly been in the news over the past few months, after he rejoined the PGA Tour from LIV Golf.

Koepka has garnered huge amounts of attention since becoming a member of the PGA Tour once again.

The 35-year-old has actually started to play some really good golf again recently as well. All that’s been missing for him is having a genuine chance to win coming down the stretch.

Koepka is one of the biggest names on the PGA Tour and his haul of five major championship wins speaks for itself.

However, he’s still desperately trying to find his way back into the winners’ circle for the first time in professional golf since August 2024.

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Koepka has been irritated by making big numbers late on during his rounds recently on the PGA Tour.

He will know full well that he needs to cut out the double bogeys if he is to win again anytime soon.

Brooks Koepka admits he hates one thing about modern golf

Koepka is playing in the Texas Children’s Houston Open at Memorial Park this week.

Koepka had a hand in the design of the golf course at Memorial Park, and he was asked by reporters on Wednesday about his golf course design philosophy.

“I think one thing that drives me nuts is these par 3s are all 250 and they’re made for a 7-iron,“ Koepka exclaimed.

“But then again, you look at all the iconic par 3s, the best par 3s in the world and they’re all 150, 160 yards.

“The best par 3s in the world that you can think of are all in that range or shorter. You make a difficult green with some trouble, you’ve really got to control your flight, spin.“

Koepka is absolutely spot on with those comments there.

In professional golf these days there are far too many par 3s that are 250 yards and longer. It makes for boring viewing and the players don’t like playing those kind of holes either.

Brooks Koepka comments on the golf course ahead of the Houston Open

Koepka’s game should be perfectly suited for the golf course at Memorial Park, thanks to his length off the tee and precise iron play.

He was asked by reporters what he’s made of the golf course during his practice rounds.

“Yeah, it feels good to be back,“ the five-time major champion admitted.

“Been in Houston quite a bit. Lived here for a half minute way back in the day. It’s a place I feel comfortable with.

“To be back at this golf course is cool, too. Having barely anything to do with it, the very little bit that I did have is quite fun.

“It’s cool to see. This is the first time I’ve seen it in kind of the overseed, and the golf course a little more mature, so it’s fun to see how much it’s developed.

“Not — I said it a couple minutes ago in another interview, but this is kind of how I envisioned the golf course being played when we were walking it and doing it. With the overseed, it will be a fun test this week.“

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