{"id":736117,"date":"2026-06-14T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736117\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:02:11","slug":"brooks-koepka-suffers-injury-scare-days-before-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736117\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka suffers injury scare days before U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks Koepka may have to play hurt at the third men&#8217;s major of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is currently competing at the RBC Canadian Open at TPC Toronto.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Five-time major winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/players\/brooks-koepka\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"5afa99fd-7484-4c59-bf2c-7368bc30b1e6\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Brooks Koepka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Koepka<\/a> played his way into contention after 36 holes and was only two strokes adrift of surprise leader Ben James.<\/p>\n<p>But the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/liv-golf\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"a98bdd27-b225-4fc9-b7d2-bbff98678a53\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"LIV Golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf<\/a> recruit went backwards on moving day at Osprey Valley&#8217;s north course, signing for a two-over 72.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The score dropped him way down the leaderboard into a tie for 32nd.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/brooks-koepka.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Brooks Koepka received treatment on his elbow during the third round of the RBC Canadian Open\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Brooks Koepka received treatment on his elbow during the third round of the RBC Canadian Open<\/p>\n<p>Golf Channel&#8217;s Rex Hoggard reported that Koepka received treatment on his left elbow before teeing it up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And a trainer walked the entire 18 holes alongside the American, who looked visibly uncomfortable at times.<\/p>\n<p>It raises alarm bells for Koepka, who will head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/us-open\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"4d3dcdac-32ab-423b-8188-645f07541b5a\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"US Open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Open <\/a>next week at Shinnecock Hills with the aim of adding to his major haul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Koepka won the gold medal the last time the major was played at there in 2018, finishing on a 72-hole total of one-over.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what it is,&#8221; Koepka said after his round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m struggling to grip the club with my ring finger and pinkie finger, so can&#8217;t grip it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So the club is kind of just, my fingers would come loose, it was kind of numb.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what the deal was but hopefully we&#8217;ll figure it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Koepka said he felt fine in his warm-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then [I] got to the range and went to grip the club and I just couldn&#8217;t even grip it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So it lasted all day. Felt better the last few holes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s just the meds kicked in or what it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But hopefully we&#8217;ll figure it out now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Show X Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>Koepka did not indicate he was having any injury concerns when he spoke to reporters ahead of the RBC Canadian Open or after the first two rounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that he was more concerned about finally getting his mojo back with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/equipment-news\/best-golf-putters\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"5046bb36-e449-45a8-a504-2fe443b865a3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"Best Golf Putters 2025: Our picks from TaylorMade to L.A.B. Golf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">putter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Koepka rejoined the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.golfmagic.com\/tour\/pga-tour\" data-entity-type=\"taxonomy_term\" data-entity-uuid=\"0514d135-c0aa-4a5d-a5c8-f7197f44adc3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" title=\"PGA Tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> from LIV Golf in January and has generally played well, so much so that he described his ball-striking as &#8220;phenomenal&#8221; at times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he has been badly let down by his putter and has tried various ones throughout the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brooks Koepka results 2025\/2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Tournament<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Position<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T56<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">WM Phoenix Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">MC<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T9<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">THE PLAYERS Championship<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T13<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Valspar Championship<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T18<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Texas Children&#8217;s Houston Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">MC<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Masters Tournament<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T12<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">Zurich Classic of New Orleans<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">MC<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T11<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">PGA Championship<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T55<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">T14<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">RBC Canadian Open<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">TBC<\/p>\n<p>Koepka isn&#8217;t the only notable player dealing with injury concerns ahead of the U.S. Open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Collin Morikawa has been dealing with a back issue since March and the two-time major winner, who became a father for the first time last week, told reporters on Wednesday he&#8217;s still having a hard time trusting it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Hovland, too, skipped last week&#8217;s Memorial Tournament with a back injury according to Jack Nicklaus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scottie Scheffler is the pre-tournament favourite for the U.S. Open, followed by Masters champion Rory McIlroy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton will lead the charge for LIV Golf.<\/p>\n<p>GolfMagic will be providing regular updates from the third men&#8217;s major of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka may have to play hurt at the third men&#8217;s major of the year.\u00a0 The 36-year-old is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[18248,49,48,622,3747,82],"class_list":["post-736117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-brooks-koepka","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}