Brooks Koepka is tipping his hat to his one-time rival.
Moments after Bryson DeChambeau secured his second U.S. Open title on Monday morning AEST in Pinehurst, Koepka posted a supportive message on social media to the newly minted two-time main champion.
“Welcome to the membership,” Koepka wrote on X alongside an older {photograph} of the golfers embracing.
Koepka, 34, gained back-to-back U.S. Open titles in 2017 and 2018. DeChambeau, 30, claimed his first in 2020.
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Koepka and DeChambeau, who each play on the LIV Golf circuit, have come a great distance since their feuding days years in the past.
Throughout a 2019 podcast interview, Koepka had bemoaned DeChambeau’s gradual tempo.
“I simply don’t perceive the way it takes a minute and 20 seconds, a minute and 15 to hit a golf ball; it’s not that arduous,” Koepka informed Michael Weston on Golf Month-to-month’s podcast.
DeChambeau later took jabs at Koepka’s physique in a 2020 Twitch steam, implying he was unimpressed by Koepka’s ESPN Physique Subject picture shoot from 2019.
“I don’t know if his genetics even make him look good to be sincere … I imply on Physique Subject he didn’t even have any abs, I can let you know that,” DeChambeau stated.
“I acquired some abs.”
In response, Koepka posted a photograph on X of his 4 main trophies, two of which had been from his PGA Championship wins in 2018 and 29119, and wrote: “You had been proper. I’m two wanting a six-pack!”
Tensions peaked on the 2021 PGA Championship, leading to a Koepka eye-roll etched in fashionable historical past.
When chatting with the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, Koepka rolled his eyes after dropping his practice of thought mid-interview because of the sound of DeChambeau’s steel spikes click-clacking.
“Typically, um — I misplaced my practice of thought, listening to that bull****,” Koepka stated, in response to footage of the trade posted on social media. “F***ing Christ.”
The golf stars had been paired in the course of the third spherical of the 2023 PGA Championship, which Koepka gained, and appeared utterly cordial.
That very same yr, Koepka posted a healthful pic of the 2 collectively on Instagram, with DeChambeau placing an arm across the five-time main champion.
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DeChambeau had assist from Koepka and the followers on Sunday in North Carolina, the place he edged out Rory McIlroy with a 6-under par.
“Tonight,” he stated after the win, per AP.
“I need all of you guys one way or the other, I need you guys to the touch this trophy, as a result of I need you to expertise what this looks like for me. You had been part of this journey this week, and I need you to be part of it for the after-party.”
DeChambeau entered the U.S. Open coming off a second-place end on the PGA Championship and a sixth-place end on the 2024 Masters.