Brooks Koepka Says If Golf Wasn't A Gentleman's Game He'd Trash Talk The Entire Time .. Need This To Start Happening ASAP

[Golf Digest] - Golf isn’t really a sport where you trash talk, but I can trash talk with the best of them. I don’t want to say gamesmanship is trash talk, but it borders the line. If I go with my buddies, what I say to them is completely different. Every bad shot, you’re going to hear about it. On tour, it’s more the little things. But the reality is, I take satisfaction from beating everybody more than anybody knows. I take so much satisfaction that there’s something wrong in my head about it. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing, it’s so intense. I might not always show it, but I’m so intense inside at wanting to beat the living crap out of you at whatever we’re doing. It eats me up inside. We could be playing pingpong or cornhole or whatever. I just want to embarrass you. If golf wasn’t the “gentleman’s” sport it is, I would trash talk my entire way through it. I’d love to be in the NFL and just stand over you like Tyrann Mathieu does after a tackle.

I fucking love this from Brooks. More importantly, I want this to happen immediately. I love golf, play weekly, watch every week, all that good stuff. But you know what the best part of golf is on a Saturday? The random shit talking with your buddies while you scramble to shoot in the 90s. The subtle laughter after shanking a drive or smoking a tree multiple times - something I know quite a bit. I can't help I have a nasty left to right and the tree is right there. But that moment that your asshole buddy makes a quip about it, you have two options. One, sulk and immediately blade a chip or two, shit talk them right back and pray you get out with a bogey. I want to see that on the PGA Tour. Golf is fun, frustrating as shit, but fun. Add some shit talking, who does it really hurt? 

Now imagine if he can do this during the whole Bryson saga. Golf is a mental sport as much as anything. You have to shake off all the terrible shots and bad bounces. Adding someone who is throwing one-liners your way? I don't want, I need to see that on the biggest stage. These guys tear up courses. We see them pull shit out that we can only dream to hit. Add in a little more human element with the shit talking. It's what makes sports even more competitive. 

We know Brooks has a little bit of it in him already too. 

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He knows how to talk shit. It's why I'm bummed he got hurt and Dave vs Brooks got postponed. Need to see how he handles getting shit talked from a pro and tries to chirp Dave. Now let him do it to everyone else in the PGA. Think about what we saw the last few tournaments to end the season. The Cantlay vs Bryson duel. Cantlay vs Rahm at the Tour Championship. Adding in some shit talking that we can hear is the only thing missing. We've had the Tiger fist pump, now give us Brooks standing over someone after they miss a putt. Let's add some drama as Verne is on the 16th making us all smile.