US Open 2026 \u2013 Adam Scott isn\u2019t close to being done after reaching 100 straight major starts<\/a><\/p>\nIn itself the injury news would be disconcerting, amplified by the fact that this week is the US Open, at the site of his title defence in 2018, no less. Despite the injury, Koepka is at Shinnecock Hills and intends to tee it up.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s getting better day by day. I would say yesterday was pretty much how it was Sunday, but today there was quite a bit of improvement,\u201d Koepka said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I would have gone out and played if it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s just the ulnar nerve, just flared up a little bit. I don\u2019t know what I did. I know I came back Friday. Didn\u2019t go to the gym on Friday. We came back, and it was probably about 8. We were watching a show, and I just kept playing with my wrist, and it just felt like it was very weak and kind of a tingly feeling as if you kind of hit your funny bone. That\u2019s kind of how it felt in my ring finger and pinky finger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Koepka said the symptoms and pain were worrisome enough to get a scan on his neck, but the results were encouraging. Still, until on Tuesday (US time) he struggled to swing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s literally just my ring finger and pinky finger were just kind of \u2013 and the transition coming down, they would come off. It felt like they were coming off the golf club, but they were just very weak,\u201d Koepka explained. \u201cThen as soon as impact would come with the turf interaction, it felt like it was fully off.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo excited to be able to hold a golf club again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Koepka will tee off at 8:14am (10:14pm, AEST) on Thursday with defending US Open champion J.J. Spaun and amateur Mason Howell.<\/p>\n
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