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Brooks Koepka will compete at this year's Irish Open

Five-time major winner Koepka confirmed for Irish Open

LIV Golf trio Brooks Koepka, Sergio Garcia and Tyrrell Hatton have confirmed they will compete in the Amgen Irish Open at the K Club next month.

Golf • 13 Aug

The five-time major winner had a "pretty down year" in 2024

Koepka tight-lipped on talk of PGA Tour return

Brooks Koepka did not entirely dismiss recent comments by Fred Couples that the five-time major champion wants to return to the PGA Tour, but said that he does intend to fulfill his LIV Golf contract

Golf • 12 Mar

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler celebrate their victory as the darkness set in in Las Vegas

McIlroy and Scheffler ease to victory in 'The Showdown'

The PGA Tour got the best of LIV Golf during a high-stakes duel in the desert as Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler teamed up to earn 2.5 points and win 'The Showdown' over Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in Las Vegas.

Golf • 18 Dec 24

Brooks Koepka and Graeme McDowell have a big interest in this weekend's Fairyhouse meeting

McDowell and Koepka have high hopes for Fairyhouse

Harry Derham is hoping to see Givemefive give a good account when he travels to Ireland for the WillowWarm Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Saturday.

Racing • 29 Nov 24

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka will go head-to-head

McIlroy to take part in PGA v LIV showdown in December

Rory McIlroy is on of four superstars from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf will tee off 17 December in Las Vegas in what has been dubbed The Showdown.

Golf • 09 Oct 24

McIlroy and Scheffler during this summer's Paris Olympics

McIlroy and Scheffler to take on Koepka and DeChambeau

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will take on Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match in Las Vegas, McIlroy has confirmed.

Golf • 04 Sep 24

Scottie Scheffler reacts after the bruising 9&7 defeat alongside Brooks Koepka to Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg

Record loss for US as Europe close in on victory

Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg trampled Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka 9&7 in a record-breaking Saturday morning foursomes session, with Team Europe five points away from winning the 44th Ryder Cup in Rome.

Golf • 30 Sep 23

Brooks Koepka shakes hands with Jon Rahm following their fourball match on Friday

'Act like a child' – Koepka takes aim at Rahm

Brooks Koepka accused Jon Rahm of acting like a child after the Spaniard's stunning afternoon performance at the Ryder Cup in Rome on Friday.

Golf • 29 Sep 23

Brooks Koepka is the only LIV player in the US team

Koepka has no sympathy for LIV players who missed out

Brooks Koepka has told his fellow LIV golfers they should have played better if they wanted a Ryder Cup berth.

Golf • 27 Sep 23

Brooks Koepka and Patrick Cantlay are team-mates again this week

Cantlay and Koepka still fast friends after 'slow' jibe

Patrick Cantlay insists he harbours no lingering ill-will towards Brooks Koepka, despite being criticised by his Ryder Cup team-mate for slow play.

Golf • 26 Sep 23

Brooks Koepka won his fifth Major championship in May

Koepka needs wild card to play at Ryder Cup

Brooks Koepka will have to rely on a wild card from Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson after falling out of the automatic qualifying places in the final event.

Golf • 21 Aug 23

Brooks Koepka claimed his fifth major in May's US PGA Championship at Oak Hill

In-form Koepka targeting 'double digit' major tally

Brooks Koepka insists he will relish the "chaos" surrounding men's professional golf as he targets moving a step closer to his goal of 10 major titles.

Golf • 14 Jun 23

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are grouped together at the US Open

McIlroy and Koepka to tee-off together at US Open

Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka, two of the central players in the bitter two-year dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, will tee off together when the 123rd US Open begins at Los Angeles Country Club.

Golf • 13 Jun 23

Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia are unlikely to feature together at the Ryder Cup

Rahm 'sad' politics blocking Garcia from Ryder Cup

Jon Rahm doesn't care which tour players compete on when it comes to the Ryder Cup. He wants the best players from Europe and the United States going toe-to-toe in what he calls a "beautiful" event.

Golf • 31 May 23

"When I look back at where we were two years ago I'm just so happy right now"

Koepka labels fifth major triumph as 'most meaningful'

Brooks Koepka struggled to put into words what it meant to win his third US PGA Championship and fifth major title after an impressive victory at Oak Hill.

Golf • 22 May 23

Brooks Koepka and his caddy, Ricky Elliott from Portrush, embrace on the 18th green

Koepka finishes strong to claim third PGA Championship

Six weeks after feeling he "choked" in the final round of the Masters, Brooks Koepka held his nerve to overcome a spirited challenge from Viktor Hovland to win the US PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Golf • 21 May 23

PGA Championship: Final round recap

It was the final day of the second Major of the season. The contenders were stacked deep heading towards the final stretch. Brooks Koepka came out on top. Here's how we saw it....

Golf • 21 May 23

Koepka wants to see players docked shots for slow play

Masters 'choker' Koepka chasing redemption at PGA Champ

Brooks Koepka hopes he will learn from "choking" at the Masters as he bids to win a fifth major title in the 105th US PGA Championship.

Golf • 17 May 23

Bubba Watson returns to Augusta next week

Reed not expecting LIV-PGA Tour animosity at Augusta

The feud between the PGA Tour and breakaway LIV Golf Series has left the sport in turmoil but Masters champions Patrick Reed and Bubba Watson do not expect any animosity when players from both circuits tee it up at Augusta National next week.

Golf • 30 Mar 23

Koepka claims LIV Jeddah title after play-off

Brooks Koepka sank a birdie putt on the third hole of a play-off to defeat Peter Uihlein and win the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.

Golf • 16 Oct 22

Bryson DeChambeau has hit out at the Official World Golf Ranking

DeChambeau and Koepka criticise World Golf Ranking

LIV Golf players Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka criticised the Official World Golf Ranking for refusing to fast-track a decision on whether to award ranking points to those competing on the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit.

Golf • 07 Oct 22

Pat Perez (L), Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed of the United States pictured at the LIV Golf Invitational in Portland

Koepka: My opinion changed on LIV series, that was it

Brooks Koepka has given a straightforward explanation for why he pulled an about-face over participating in the LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Golf • 29 Jun 22

Rory McIlroy: 'I think that's why I'm surprised at a lot of these guys because they say one thing and then they do another and I don't understand'

McIlroy not impressed with 'duplicitous' LIV rebels

World No 2 Rory McIlroy has labelled the players who have joined the LIV Golf Series "duplicitous" for the way they have handled their breakaway.

Golf • 22 Jun 22

Koepka (R) set to join Phil Mickelson on the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series

Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka set to join LIV

Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka is set to become the latest player to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Golf • 21 Jun 22

Brooks Koepka accepts Bryson DeChambeau concession at Wynn Golf Club

The Match: Koepka vanquishes DeChambeau in Vegas

Brooks Koepka only needed nine of the scheduled 12 holes to claim bragging rights over Bryson DeChambeau as he swept his rival in the fifth edition of The Match at Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas.

Golf • 27 Nov 21