Brooks Koepka Takes A Shot At Bryson DeChambeau Over Masters Row With Rory McIlroy

Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in action together on the golf course — (Image credit: Getty Images)

We thought his beef with Bryson DeChambeau was a thing of the past, but Brooks Koepka couldn't resist taking a shot at his old sparring partner.

This time with reference to his 2025 Masters Sunday showdown with Rory McIlroy, when DeChambeau complained that the eventual Green Jacket winner didn't talk to him all day.

Koepka's not known as a huge talker either, just one reason why his personality often grinds up against the more outgoing DeChambeau, so was firmly on McIlroy's side.

Speaking to Dan Rapaport, five-time Major champion Koepka joked about DeChmbeau that "I don't think many people want to talk to him regardless".

DeChambeau was keen to engage with McIlroy on that Sunday at Augusta National, but the Northern Irishman brushed him off, later explaining: "We’re trying to win the Masters. I’m not going to try to be his best mate out there.”

Koepka is in the McIlroy camp on this one and, unsurprisingly given how he went about winning his five Majors, would not have been chatting away while trying to win one of the biggest prizes in golf.

“I wouldn’t have spoken to Rory, and I don’t think he would have spoken to me and it would have been totally fine,” Koepka told the Dan on Golf YouTube show.. “I’m not a big talker. I’ll talk a little bit, maybe the first couple of holes.

“I fully understand it. I don’t feel bad. It is what it is. Some guys don’t talk. It’s okay. It’s their job. They get to do what they want."

Koepka also couldn't resist having a dig at DeChambeau though, as he started off by giving his opinion of the two-time Major champion.

"I mean, he lives in his own world," Koepka added. "I mean, I don't think many people want to talk to him regardless."

Brooks Koepka at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship

Koepka and DeChambeau have a long history of course, with plenty of bad blood before their beef was eventually squashed, but it's fair to say they've never been best friends.

Even when the two both played on LIV Golf and teamed up to face McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in a special exhibition match in 2024.

Koepka is friends with McIlroy though, with the two close neighbors in Florida and similar personalities.

McIlroy's back-to-back Masters wins took him above Koepka with six Majors, and it's given the American something to fight for as he still feels he can win golf's biggest prizes.

“It motivates me, put it that way. I’m happy for him, I think he deserves it,” said Koepka.

“But at the same time, I want to beat the crap out of him and I’m sure he feels the exact same way."

Koepka still feels he can add to his Major tally in a big way with even doubling his current mark and getting 10 not out of his reach, even though he's not been as vocal on that as he has been previously.

"I still think I can get to double digits," he insisted. "But you have to think that way. Maybe I'm just expressing it differently.

"You get to six, seven, eight Majors that's a different calibre of guys."

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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.