“Come say it to my face” – Brooks Koepka snaps at heckler after PGA Championship meltdown
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Brooks Koepka’s PGA Championship went from bad to worse as the LIV golfer snapped at a heckler after missing the cut by nine shots – and now questions swirl about his future.
Brooks Koepka’s rough 2025 major season hit a boiling point on Friday – and this time, it wasn’t just his scorecard doing the talking.
The five-time major champion and former world No.1 was once one of the most feared names in majors, but his results since his 2023 PGA Championship victory show a dramatic falloff: T17, T64, T45, T26, T26, T43, MC, MC.
He was one of several big names to miss the cut at the 2025 PGA Championship – and he wasn’t even close to making it. Players at +1 or better after the first two rounds made it through to the weekend – Koepka sat at +9 after rounds of 75-76.
During that second round, Koepka’s patience finally cracked. From a hospitality suite, a fan heckled: “That’s what guaranteed money does to you, Brooks!”
It was a clear shot at Koepka’s 2022 move to LIV Golf, a league known for its massive paydays and lack of cuts – often criticized for its reduced competitive rigor.
And Koepka wasn’t in the mood to turn the other cheek.
“You want to come down here and say it?” he fired back, repeating himself and glaring toward the suite before walking off.
The exchange, caught on camera and now circulating widely online, underscores a growing tension between fans and players – particularly those who defected to LIV Golf and have since struggled to replicate their former dominance.
But Koepka’s frustrations likely run deeper than the taunts. The missed cut at the PGA marks his second early exit from a major this year – a far cry from his once-automatic presence atop leaderboards.
There are rumblings that he may want a return to the PGA Tour.
Speaking to Seattle radio station KJR 93.3 FM, World Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples said he regularly talks with Koepka and believes a comeback is on the table.
“I talk to Brooks Koepka all the time… And he wants to come back, I will say that,” said Couples. “I believe he really wants to come back and play the [PGA] Tour.”
Fellow LIV player Phil Mickelson called Couples’ comments a “low-class jerk move”, while Koepka himself struck a more guarded tone, denying any firm plans but not ruling anything out.
“Yeah, everybody seems to have their own opinion and no one asks me,” he said.
“I’ve got a contract obligation out here to fulfill, and then we’ll see what happens. I don’t know where I’m going, so I don’t know how everybody else does.
“Right now I’m just focused on how do I play better, how do I play better in the majors, how does this team win, and then we’ll figure out next year and how to play better again. It’s the same thing. It’s just a revolving cycle. I’ve got nothing. Everybody else seems to know more than I do.”
For now, Koepka’s focus appears to be on rediscovering his major-championship form – but as Friday showed, the road back probably won’t be a quiet one.
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Brooks Koepka wasn't happy with a heckler at Quail Hollow during the 2025 PGA Championship.
