LIV star’s extraordinary spray on ‘wasted talent’ teammate

PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka has unleashed an extraordinary spray on a LIV Golf teammate, accusing him of “quitting on a round”, and “wasting his talent”.

Matthew Wolff’s position inside the Smash GC squad has been the subject of some speculation following a string of poor results.

Then, Wolff pulled out of the final round of LIV’s event in Washington after reportedly suffering an injury in an early morning warm-up led by Koepka.

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In a fresh interview, Koepka has thrown doubt behind the injury.

“I mean, when you quit on your round, you give up and stuff like that, that’s not competing,” he said to Sports Illustrated about Wolff 

“I’m not a big fan of that. You don’t work hard. It’s very tough.

“It’s very tough to have (that) team dynamic when you’ve got one guy that won’t work, one guy is not going to give any effort, he’s going to quit on the course, break clubs, gets down, bad body language, it’s very tough.

“I’ve basically given up on him — a lot of talent, but I mean the talent’s wasted.”

Wolff finished in a tie for 38th at the last LIV event in Spain – just a shot behind Koepka – and 34th in Oklahoma. LIV’s fields are only 48 players.

But in response, Wolff also told Sports Illustrated at this weekend’s LIV event at the Centurion Club in London – the site of the inaugural event 12 months ago – he had been left frustrated by the comments.

“I’m here, you know, trying to do what I can to play the best round of golf and that’s going to help the team,” Wolff said. 

“I’m just here to focus on myself and try to play some good golf and that’s what everyone’s really trying to do because golf is trying to put the best score up and then if that helps your team it’s great.”

Wolff fired a two-over 74 in the first round to sit in a tie for 38th – some 10 shots behind leader Cameron Smith. Koepka is only a shot better in a tie for 33rd.

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