Brooks Koepka’s slow-play rant targeted at Bryson DeChambeau

Pick up the pace around Brooks Koepka.

The three-time major champion doesn’t have time for golfers’ long pre-shot routines, specifically Bryson DeChambeau’s, whose routine has gotten under Koepka’s skin.

“I just don’t understand how it takes a minute and 20 seconds, a minute and 15 to hit a golf ball; it’s not that hard,” Koepka told Michael Weston on Golf Monthly’s podcast. “It’s always between two clubs; there’s a miss short, there’s a miss long. It really drives me nuts, especially when it’s a long hitter, because you know you’ve got two other guys or at least one guy that’s hitting before you so you can do all your calculations; you should have your numbers. “

DeChambeau’s pace of play sparked discussion following his victory at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic in Dubai. The European Tour tweeted a video of DeChambeau’s drawn-out analytical approach, which eclipsed a minute before he struck the ball.

The 25-year-old doesn’t see a problem with his routine.

“It’s actually quite impressive that we’re able to get all that stuff done in 45 seconds,” DeChambeau said on Tuesday, via Golf Channel. “People don’t realize that it’s very difficult to do everything we do in 45 seconds. I think that anybody that has an issue with it, I understand, but we’re playing for our livelihoods out here, and this is what we want to do. If we want to provide the best entertainment for you, it’s part of our process, or it’s part of my process, at least.”

Koepka and DeChambeau are both staying in Saudi Arabia and are in the field of the European Tour’s event there this week.

“Obviously if you’re the first guy you might take 10 extra seconds, but it doesn’t take that long to hit the ball, especially if it’s not blowing 30,” Koepka said. “If it’s blowing 30, I understand taking a minute and taking some extra time with some gusts, you know changing just slightly, I get that, but if it’s a calm day there’s no excuse.

“Guys are already so slow it’s kind of embarrassing. I just don’t get why you enforce some things and don’t enforce others.”

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