{"id":176093,"date":"2025-08-26T04:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176093\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T04:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T04:30:12","slug":"hes-a-strange-cat-brooks-koepka-reignites-bryson-dechambeau-feud-on-eve-of-ryder-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176093\/","title":{"rendered":"‘He’s a strange cat’ – Brooks Koepka reignites Bryson DeChambeau feud on eve of Ryder Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, not too long ago, Brooks Koepka versus Bryson DeChambeau was golf’s best rivalry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two major champions had real disdain for one another that made for must-see television, but since joining LIV Golf, the rivalry has cooled off and has all but subsided.<\/p>\n

‘He’s a strange cat’ – Brooks Koepka reignites Bryson DeChambeau feud on eve of Ryder Cup<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean they are best friends all of a sudden, but it’s clear the once-heated rivalry is no longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve come a long way,\u201d Koepka said of DeChambeau last December.<\/p>\n

“Going to LIV, honestly, I think that was a big moment for us, right? We were forced \u2014 well, I don\u2019t want to say forced \u2014 but we were communicating a lot more, our conversation became a lot more open. From there, I\u2019m the first person to admit I can be a bit stubborn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all get older, we all mature a little bit, and then you realize,\u00a0‘Hey, Bryson\u2019s a good dude.<\/p>\n

“I think he\u2019s severely misunderstood, and I think the world is starting to see who Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> is, which is cool. I\u2019m the first person to admit it: I was wrong with what my original thoughts were.”<\/p>\n

However, it’s still not perfect between the two players when they meet on the course as was evident at\u00a0LIV Michigan, the team championship, at the Cardinal at St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

After DeChambeau\u2019s Crushers GC and Koepka\u2019s Smash GC each won their opening matchups, DeChambeau had the chance to face Koepka head-to-head on Saturday.<\/p>\n

As captain, it was DeChambeau’s call to make. In a rather head-scratching move, he sent out Anirban Lahiri first instead, and slotted himself in second against Talor Gooch.<\/p>\n

Koepka was just as confused.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know what the thinking was behind that,” Koepka said. “I\u2019d probably say the people would want to see that. I don\u2019t know what he was afraid of. I don\u2019t know. He beats to his own drum. He\u2019s a strange cat.”<\/p>\n

\"PLYMOUTH,<\/a><\/p>\n

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DeChambeau is known to have a different way of doing things on the courseCredit: Getty\"Koepka<\/a><\/p>\n

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Koepka (L) and DeChambeau have since squashed their beefCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve got my reasons,” DeChambeau answered when he was asked why he didn’t pick himself to face his old foe.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau’s decision ultimately paid off, as his team defeated Koepka’s (even though Koepka defeated Lahiri).<\/p>\n

Is there trouble brewing ahead of the Ryder Cup<\/a> between the two enemies-turned-friends? Unlikely, as one of them won’t be on the team.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau automatically qualifies to be on Team USA as he finished sixth in the team rankings. The top six all make it. There’s no sweat there.<\/p>\n

Captain Keegan Bradley<\/a> then drafts the other six to complete the team. Koepka finished all the way at 76 as he struggled this season, missing the cut in three of this year\u2019s four Majors.<\/p>\n

Koepka has played in the last four editions of the Ryder Cup, including 2023, but the impressive streak looks to be coming to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once upon a time, not too long ago, Brooks Koepka versus Bryson DeChambeau was golf’s best rivalry. The…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":176094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[19412,10125,100036,1430,79232,37867,1509,49652,4720,97821,1478,8656,1505,62,17648,1506,1446,100037,67,132,68,100039,100038,100040,100041],"class_list":{"0":"post-176093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-brooks-koepka","9":"tag-bryson-dechambeau","10":"tag-fedex-open","11":"tag-golf","12":"tag-jon","13":"tag-justin-rose","14":"tag-keegan-bradley","15":"tag-major-championship","16":"tag-pga-championship","17":"tag-rahm","18":"tag-rory-mcilroy","19":"tag-ryder-cup","20":"tag-scottie-scheffler","21":"tag-sports","22":"tag-the-masters","23":"tag-tommy-fleetwood","24":"tag-tour","25":"tag-tour-championship-tiger-woods","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-what-channel-is-the-ryder-cup-on","30":"tag-when-does-the-ryder-cup-start","31":"tag-where-is-the-ryder-cup","32":"tag-who-is-favored-to-win-the-ryder-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115093191230598247","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}