Follow us on Google Discover Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour has been underwhelming to say the least.
Huge excitement surrounded Koepka’s PGA Tour return back in January of this year, after he left LIV Golf in December 2025.
However, the 36-year-old Floridian never really got out of second gear, and he has endured a really challenging season on the whole.
Brooks Koepka simply hasn’t performed to the levels that we all know he is capable of on the PGA Tour this season.
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His best finish was a tie for 9th at the Cognizant Classic back in March, and he missed out on the FedEx Cup playoffs after finishing in a tie for 68th last week at the Wyndham Championship.
Koepka angrily labelled his failure to qualify for the playoffs as ‘pathetic’ on Sunday, after his season ended in disappointing fashion at the Wyndham.
And Brad Faxon has been discussing the five-time major champion’s major weakness.
Brad Faxon insists he’d love a conversation with Brooks Koepka
While speaking on the Sky Sports Golf Podcast, the former PGA Tour player turned putting coach was asked about Koepka’s struggles since returning to the PGA Tour.
“I don’t know Brooks extremely well, but I see him quite a bit and have a good relationship with him,“ Faxon said.
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“You know, I see things in this game that sometimes surprise me.
“When Scottie Scheffler was struggling with his putting, he went to putting coach, Phil Kenyon, who has helped so many great players.
“But at first, I was like, ‘ooh, the personality match here of, you know, what I see with Scottie Scheffler and his coach, Randy Smith’.
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“It doesn’t look too technical, they’re not using all kinds of data to help him.
“But he (Kenyon) has really helped him with his putting. I mean, he’s become a top putter now, and it’s remarkable.
“And, you know, for Brooks, he’s had one guy down here named Jeff Pierce, that’s been his guy, and then, I think when he went off to LIV, maybe those guys weren’t as available or something happened.
“And then all of a sudden, he’s switching putters and switching coaches.
“I don’t know, it’s hard.
“I’ve done that as much as anybody as well, and I’d love to have a conversation with Brooks to just talk about how he thinks.“
Brad Faxon says Brooks Koepka is ‘upset’
Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour clearly hasn’t worked out as he had hoped.
Just one top-10 finish in 16 starts is nowhere near good enough for a player of his calibre.
And Faxon highlighted how Koepka’s frustrations with his putting have led to his poor form this year.
“Well, I watched his interview afterwards,“ Faxon said.
“You know, he practices at the same place Rory McIlroy likes to play, at The Grove.
“You know, I think he’s upset, and most likely because of how he’s putted the ball. He keeps saying how well he’s hitting it tee to green, and putting has become very hard for him.“
Some time off will probably do Brooks Koepka the world of good now.
It could be argued that he is suffering from paralysis by analysis when it comes to his putting.
A new, more natural approach to putting during the off-season and on into 2027 may well be exactly what Koepka needs.
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