LOS ANGELES – Brooks Koepka is back at Riviera with a healthy dose of confidence from winning and the same set of irons.
The latter illustrates some of the frustration for a four-time major champion who was trying to get back to the form that made him No.
1 in the world. He missed the cut in Mexico to end the year. He missed the cut in Palm Springs to start the year. And then he missed the cut at Torrey Pines and was at his breaking point.
Instead, he broke his clubs. Twice. “I snapped two sets of irons after playing Mexico and then after Torrey, and I don't really do that,” Koepka said Wednesday at the Genesis Invitational. “So there was quite a bit of frustration, but at the same time, you've just got to stick it out.