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Brooks Koepka denied having fought with Ryder Cup teammate Dustin Johnson and defended the American team's camaraderie as "perfect".
It was reported Monday that Koepka and Johnson were to be separated after an altercation in an after-game of the Ryder Cup, following the defeat of the American team in Europe in Paris. This followed Patrick Reed's comments in The New York Times in which he said Jordan Spieth did not want to be paired with him at the Ryder Cup, later refuted by an anonymous New York Post teammate.
"I do not understand this thing from Dustin," said Koepka at a press conference in Scotland before the Alfred Dunhill Links event of the European Tour. "There is no fighting, no quarreling, he's one of my best friends, I love the kid to death and we talked on the phone Monday and yesterday and he told me how he was thinking.
"People like to make a story and run with it.It's not the first time that a fake or fake news item has come out." As for camaraderie [within the U.S. Ryder Cup team] it was good, it was perfect. The problem is that you are trying to find a reason we lost and the simple reason is that we did not play well. "
Koepka also reiterated his sadness after discovering that the spectator who had been hit by his tee shot during the Ryder Cup had lost the use of his right eye.
Corine Remande, 49, was taken to the hospital after being shot. She later told AFP that an analysis had revealed "a fracture of the right eye and an eyeball explosion".
"Yesterday was probably one of the worst days of my life," said Koepka, who also posted a message on Remande. on social media on Tuesday.
"Nobody feels worse than me about that.It's a tragic accident.I mean, I'm heartbroken.I'm all screwed up inside.In my career, it will be the blow I will definitely regret.
"Everyone assured me that she would get the care she needed and I hope to talk to her because there is nothing more than what I 've done. would like to do, just talk to him.
"I have not been told [about the extent of the injury] until I arrived at the golf course. When I got here and I had seven missed calls and 25 SMS, I thought, "What's going on?"
"Then, I announced the news and I'm sorry, my stomach sank." Yesterday was one of my hardest days trying to focus and to playing golf, knowing what would happen when I was done.
"I probably spent an hour on the phone on the phone trying to figure out what was going on because it's hard to understand what's really going on, because I did not know if it was wrong or not. sad and really, am torn about it. "
Koepka added that the European Tour and the PGA Tour were doing "incredible work" by organizing spectators for major golf events. The incident at Golf National has prompted major golf bodies to decide where spectators can stand on the course when attending future events.
"Unfortunately, you know, we can not always go to the fairway every time," said Koepka. "You know, it's the worst. But they do an incredible job in that they are established, they have the world or right next to the fairways, whatever that might be.
"The way the Tour, the two Towers do it, is amazing.The sad thing is that it seems like every week, almost, someone gets hit."
Tommy Fleetwood, a member of the victorious European team in France, admitted that he was worried for the safety of his stepchildren when they were standing along the fairway when they were in trouble. they watched him play.
"I hate somehow when my stepchildren come to watch," Fleetwood said. "I say to Mo, who is 10 years old, I say" hang around wherever the ball could land, anywhere. " "
"It can happen to anyone, and honestly, it's surprising that it happens less often than that.You know, Brooks shooting was not as wide." It's about ten meters from the green, it's not such a bad move, and it's really, really unlucky.
"I do not know what the answer is. [Remande] were held was the privileged place to look on the green. I do not know what it is [Koepka] You can do this unless you give everyone a helmet before going to the golf course. It's just one of those things and golf is a bit dangerous in that sense. "
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