{"id":446242,"date":"2026-01-30T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446242\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:40:09","slug":"brooks-koepka-at-farmers-insurance-open-score-post-round-interview-jason-day-fires-early-leaderboard-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/446242\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka at Farmers Insurance Open, score, post-round interview, Jason Day fires early leaderboard, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former world No. 1 Brooks Koepka marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/pga-tour-2026-inside-brooks-koepka-return-at-farmers-insurance-open-patrick-reed-leaves-liv-rory-mcilroy-comments-state-of-play-explained-latest-news\/news-story\/9f095d2ace5d5d3bc88ac184840cf574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">his long-awaited PGA Tour return<\/a> by shooting a one-over 73 in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/golf-2026-brooks-koepka-faces-media-after-liv-exit-pga-tour-return-farmers-insurance-open-tee-times-reaction-phone-call-to-tiger-woods-news\/news-story\/8d25f0102421d6136e2f1caa411596ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Four years after defecting LIV Golf<\/a>, the 35-year-old American recently jumped back over the fence, with this week\u2019s tournament in California marking his first PGA Tour event outside of the majors since 2022, ending a 1404-day drought.<\/p>\n<p>With a birdie on the last hole, the five-time major winner finished the opening round in equal-96th. He was cheered on by a supportive crowd, with one spectator yelling: \u201cWelcome back Brooks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768365730_454_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FOX SPORTS, available on Kayo Sports, is streaming The 2026 PGA Tour LIVE &amp; Exclusive | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=golf&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgolf-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-glf-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MATCH CENTRE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/golf\/match?matchid=FIO202600100152827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Farmers Insurance Open live scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have liked to have driven the ball a little better,\u201d Brooks said during his post-round chat with the host broadcaster. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like I was in the rough all day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall I\u2019m pleased. I haven\u2019t played a competitive round in a while, but the game feels there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was anything he experienced on Thursday that he missed during his LIV absence, he responded: \u201cThere was a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest golf news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=GolfArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brooks breaks silence on LIV split | 24:06<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI missed the guys \u2026 it was exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on why he felt nervous ahead of Thursday\u2019s action, Brooks declared: \u201cJust because I care. I\u2019ve fallen back in love with the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Australian duo Karl Vilips and Jason Day got their weekend off to a promising start by each scoring a five-under 67, sitting in tied-14th, with the former notching three birdies across the final four holes.<\/p>\n<p>Compatriots Cam Davis and Adam Scott shot a commendable three-under 69, placed tied-36th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world No. 1 Brooks Koepka marked his long-awaited PGA Tour return by shooting a one-over 73 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-446242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}