Brooks Koepka calls first year back on PGA Tour 'pretty pathetic' after missing FedExCup Playoffs

Brooks Koepka was rather hard connected himself aft his archetypal twelvemonth backmost connected the PGA Tour finished connected Sunday aft finishing his Wyndham Championship last round.

After shooting 70, Koepka was 3-under for the tournament, which gave him a T67 decorativeness and enactment him 19 strokes down the winner, Michael Brennan.

As a result, Koepka, who near LIV Golf to rejoin the PGA Tour this year, finished 94th connected the FedExCup Playoffs standings list. The apical 70 successful the FedEx Cup Standings determination connected to the St. Jude Championship successful Memphis adjacent week, which begins the archetypal of 3 playoff tournaments.

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Brooks Koepka of the United States plays his changeable connected the 4th tee during the Pro Am earlier the Wyndham Championship astatine Sedgefield Country Club successful Greensboro, N.C., connected Aug. 5, 2026. (Getty Images)

Koepka was candid astir this year’s show aft his last round.

"I deliberation it’s beauteous pathetic that I can’t get through," Koepka explained, per Yahoo Sports. "[I’ve had] zero apical 10s fundamentally successful 2 years. To beryllium successful the premier of your vocation and beryllium arsenic bully arsenic I deliberation I am, I deliberation that’s precise pathetic, disappointing."

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The five-time large tourney victor defected from the rival LIV Golf circuit astatine the opening of the year, and the PGA Tour made him wage for his return.

Koepka missed retired connected what the PGA Tour estimated to beryllium $85 cardinal successful imaginable earnings, portion helium was besides constricted to which events helium participated in. Additionally, Koepka isn’t eligible for the $100 cardinal FedExCup bonus programme for the 2026 season.

But it wasn’t a full discarded of a play contempt however Koepka feels astir it.

Brooks Koepka of the United States looks connected from the 15th greenish during the archetypal circular of the Wyndham Championship astatine Sedgefield Country Club connected Aug. 6, 2026, successful Greensboro, N.C. (Getty Images)

In his 16 starts, Koepka made 11 cuts, including a T12 astatine The Masters successful April. His champion decorativeness came astatine the Cognizant Classic successful March, wherever helium placed T9 to showcase what galore believed to beryllium a resurgence successful his archetypal twelvemonth backmost connected Tour.

Koepka slowed down, though. But portion helium is disappointed successful his performances, helium enjoyed precise infinitesimal of being backmost connected the PGA Tour.

"It’s been great," helium said. "Honestly, I’ve loved it. I consciousness fantastic. The reception’s been great. Overall, happiness is 10 retired of 10 and conscionable excited."

While Koepka volition proceed to play — helium mentioned going overseas to enactment successful DP World Tour events successful Europe – helium is besides hoping to get backmost connected the PGA Tour grind this fall.

Brooks Koepka of the United States looks connected from the 4th greenish during the Pro Am anterior to the Wyndham Championship 2026 astatine Sedgefield Country Club connected Aug. 5, 2026, successful Greensboro, N.C. (Getty Images)

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As for what he’s hoping to amended on, helium was again straightforward with his answer.

"It’s conscionable each connected the greens," helium said. "I don’t cognize what the woody is. [I’ve] got zero confidence, can’t putt. I don’t know."

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