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Brooks Koepka spotted with new putter at Irish Open
Brooks Koepka’s form has taken a dive over the last year, with the five-time major champ not even entering the discussion when it came to Keegan Bradley’s captain’s picks for this month’s Ryder Cup.
Speaking to Off The Ball at this week’s Amgen Irish Open, Koepka explained how he has nobody but himself to blame for missing out on the clash at Bethpage Black.
“Yeah, I mean, I played my way off it, so there’s nobody else (to blame). I can’t be disappointed, I did it myself. It’s not anything I’m not aware of. I’m not shying away from it. It’s just bad timing. You have one down year, but if it’s the year after the Ryder Cup, it makes it a whole lot easier to catch up.”
The 35-year-old is playing at this week’s Irish Open before the BMW PGA Championship next week as he looks to find some form, and Brooks has made a key change to his bag in Ireland this week.
As spotted by SMS On Tour, Koepka has a Scotty Cameron Fastback 1.5 in the bag in Ireland.
Photo via SMS on Tour
Photo via SMS on Tour
Brooks had been using a Scotty Cameron Teryllium Tour Newport 2 in 2025.
In the same interview with Off The Ball, Koepka explained how his putting has plagued him this year, saying:
“The putter’s let me down this year. If you’re not making the putts, you’re not confident, anything like that, it makes it very difficult, especially when I never really made anything inside eight feet, which has kind of been my bread and butter my whole career. It’s tough. It means you’ve got to hit it close, puts a little more pressure on your irons, then you’ve got to hit it in the fairway, and it just goes through the whole at that point.”
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Koepka fired an opening round of 1 under par on Thursday at the K Club with the new putter in the bag.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105
Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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Juan
Sep 11, 2025 at 12:39 pm
Bruce using an Odyssey. SIgh
Bug c
Sep 5, 2025 at 11:23 am
Those chunky srixons make me want to puke
Guy
Sep 5, 2025 at 11:23 am
Might have shot -1 Thursday but is now +7 after 12 on Friday. Don’t know if that is course or green play. Maybe putter is saving horrendous play, maybe not but overall he is sinking fast.
WSinTX
Sep 5, 2025 at 11:20 am
I think it loss of confidence and glide path to irrelevance is caused by not playing on the PGA tour. Unless you’re Bryson, LIV is a death sentence. Unlike us WRX’ers, it’s not the putter.
leoleo16
Sep 14, 2025 at 5:24 am
His 175 million says he doesn’t care about your post. The LIV guys knew what they were getting into and signed on for the big contracts and I don’t blame him. Better than the uncertainty of annual income playing on the PGA Tour.