Brooks Koepka makes feelings on Bryson DeChambeau relationship clear after PGA Tour fallout

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau have had a frosty relationship in the past but the two former rivals have now come together to take on Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau appear to have put their previous feud between them, after they announced ‘The Showdown’ on social media for the first time. The LIV pair will team up against Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in the matchplay event.

The clash is set to take place at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas on December 17, marking the first head-to-head face-off between representatives from both sides of the PGA Tour-LIV Golf fallout. Koepka and DeChambeau’s relationship has not always been so rosey though.

The difference between the two LIV stars began in 2019 when Koepka criticised DeChambeau’s slow pace of play. Sharing his frustration on the Golf Monthlypodcast, he said: “I just don’t understand how it takes a minute and 20 seconds, a minute and 15 to hit a golf ball.

It’s not that hard. It’s always between two clubs; there’s a miss short, there’s a miss long. It really drives me nuts, especially when it’s a long hitter, because you know you’ve got two other guys or at least one guy that’s hitting before you so you can do all your calculations; you should have your numbers.”

From that point, the duo continued to exchange verbal digs, with Koepka infamously rolling his eyes at DeChambeau after being distracted by the two-time major winner during a 2021 PGA Championship interview. They appeared to then put their differences aside that same year, after helping Team USA win the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits.