The return to the PGA Tour of the five-time ‘Majors’ winner, Brook Koepka, has the full support of one of the best players in history, Tiger Woods, who was very happy that Koepka has decided to return to the American circuit after receiving the approval of the PGA Tour, although with sanctions.
“I think it’s incredible for the Tour,” he said in an interview given during his team’s participation in the TGL. “It’s incredible for all the fans. It’s what they wanted,” Woods said in an interview with ESPN.
“They want to see the best play against the best. And that Brooks wants to come back a year early, and that he was able to do so“, and that we worked on it at Christmas with both boards of directors, with all the players’ representatives, as well as other golfers, to make sure that this is right,” commented the former number one, which he considers an achievement for the PGA Tour.
He’s already starting to train
“I know there are some penalties there. But it’s a meritocracy. That’s what makes our sport so great.”. Koepka is going to play ‘tournaments’field’ complete, but you will have the chance to gain access to the ‘signature events’. If it’s good, it’s good. If he plays great, he plays great. If you win tournaments, you win tournaments. There is no reason why we should stop it,” he assured.
The American, who has just turned 50, clarified where he is in his recovery from the umpteenth operation back pain that he suffered last October.
“The doctors have given me permission to hit, basically hit short irons and mid irons,” Woods explained.. “I haven’t gone any further than that. When that time comes, when I start hitting drivers and start playing at home and doing all the different things, I’ll have been away from the game for a year and a half, so I’m going to be pretty rusty.“
“There are many things that will come into play from that moment on. My preparation is going to have to be a little different than other interventions I have had in the past.”. I have had to be much more patient with myself. It hurts before, I imagine because I’m 50 years old. “That happens,” he concluded.