Seven day after he dodged some questions about leaving the PGA Tour for the lucrative Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Content, word leaked on Wednesday that Brooks Koepka was indeed bidding our Tour adieu.

It was just the latest sort of a pro joining the competitor league after either subterfuge questions about their interest in this kind of or completely contradicting original statements.

Among the list of PGA Tour’s most expressive, and important, proponents will be Rory McIlroy , who bending down on previous comments as speaking to the media with regards to Wednesday at the Travelers Championship .

“Am The surprised? Yes, because of things he said previously, ” McIlroy said, when asked about Koepka. “I think that’s why I’m surprised at some lot of these guys because they point out one thing and then they do extra, and I don’t understand that i don’t know if honestly, that is for legal reasons or possibly if they can’t — Concerning no idea. But it’s attractive duplicitous on their part to tell you one thing and then do some other thing. ”

Bryson DeChambeau a specialist recently joined LIV, good news of which came less than a trading week after he said definitely wasn’t interested in it.

Asked if McIlroy was referring to players driving their minds from statements established recently or years ago, your lover said, “The whole course through. The whole way out of, in public and private, all of it. ”

Last week age U. S. Open, Koepka grew irritated by some of the media’s questions from Brookline, as he was requested his opinion on players leaving and if he had any individual interest in joining.

“I wasn’t playing 2 weeks ago [at the first LIV event]. I’m well then here, ” he said. “I’m here at the U. South. Open. I’m ready to do U. S. Open, and i believe it kind of sucks, a little too, you are all throwing this black cloud over the United. S. Open. It’s a single of my favorite events. I don’t learn why you guys keep feeling that. The more legs you give it, the more you keep talking about the item. ”

1 week later, it was reported Koepka had jumped ship, really later confirmed by their own team. He’ll be the second-highest ranked player in coming week’s event in Or, behind only Dustin Cunningham.

Josh Berhow

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