Brooks Koepka is set to become the latest star to join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series. Photo: EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
Watch | Top golfer hits drive into a shoe … still makes par!
American Brooks Koepka hit a tee shot directly into a shoe during his second round at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Brooks Koepka is set to become the latest star to join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series. Photo: EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
American Brooks Koepka hit a tee shot directly into a shoe during his second round at the Farmers Insurance Open.
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Even more impressive, Koepka managed to sneak his way out of the sneaker and save par!
According to the CBS Sports website, the incident took place on the par-4 16th hole of Torrey Pines as his tee shot sailed well right of the fairway.
Cameras on the course caught the line of his ball, but it was unclear exactly where it landed. That was until they discovered that a man’s shoe had trapped his ball.
“Did it fly in there? On the fly?” Koepka could be heard asking when he saw his ball had landed in a shoe.
“It was on the fly, yes,” responded the man whose shoe was responsible for the catch.
The ball stayed there until Koepka could assess the situation before finally ordering the man to grab his ball for him because it was a “nasty ass shoe.”
He took a drop, hit his second shot just short of the green and managed to get up and down to save par.
However, Brooks Koepka carded a 76 in Round 2 and missed the cut for the third time in as many outings as the former world No 1 battles his way back to peak fitness after a series of knee injuries and operations.
