Brooks Koepka takes swipe at “easy” course setups

Brooks Koepka has become the latest star to take a swipe at “easy” course setups on the PGA Tour.

The four-time major champion is playing in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and was asked about Austin Country Club after beating Erik van Rooyen in his first match.

“It’s just nice to play a tough golf course,” Koepka said.

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“For whatever reason the golf course setups we played lately have been quite easy, so it’s nice to play a little tougher golf course.”

The issue of course setups has been a hot topic on the PGA Tour this season.

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“Every golf course we played lately has been kind of soft and very gettable,” Koepka added

“I mean I thought Tampa [the Valspar Championship] was kind of set up a little easy.

“I don’t know, it’s kind of been a little bit of a theme over the last eight months.”