Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau just can’t seem to help themselves. Less than 48 hours ago, a leaked video of an un-aired interview Koepka did with Golf Channel showed just how frosty the relationship is between two of the top golfers in the world. (DeChambeau is ranked No. 4, Koepka, a former World No. 1, No. 7.)
If you haven’t seen, well, you may be out of luck as it has been expunged from the Internet — but not until it registered more than 10 million views.
The story looked as if it would die there, but as Lee Corso would say: Not so fast, my friend! With neither golfer playing at this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, they apparently had time on their hands to resume sparring on social media on Wednesday after The Match IV was announced this morning, pitting Phil Mickelson and Tampa Bay Bucs QB Tom Brady against Bryson DeChambeau and Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers.
Koepka tweeted at Rodgers, saying simply, “Sorry bro,” a thinly veiled shot at DeChambeau.
Sorry bro @AaronRodgers12
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) May 26, 2021
Brady actually beat Koepka to the punch and kicked off the fun.
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) May 26, 2021
Mickelson replied to all, “I feel like I’m in the middle of something and should step aside. (Except they want the CURRENT PGA champ.)”
I feel like I’m in the middle of something and should step aside. (Except they want the CURRENT PGA champ:)
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 26, 2021
That shot at Koepka, who finished tied for second on Sunday at the 103rd PGA Championship with Louis Oosthuizen, two strokes behind Mickelson, would have sunk Koepka’s battleship.
But DeChambeau couldn’t let it end there.
He had to take his own shot at Koepka, replying to the four-time major winner, “It’s nice to be living rent free in your head!”
@BKoepka It’s nice to be living rent free in your head!
— Bryson DeChambeau (@b_dechambeau) May 26, 2021
Which led to more Twitter fun.
just posted to Bryson’s Instagram story
pic.twitter.com/BaJN9RmIko
— Eric Patterson (@EPatGolf) May 26, 2021
And Koepka volleyed back.
— Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) May 26, 2021
What needs to happen is for Mickelson to step aside, take one for the team and do TV commentary with Tiger Woods and Charles Barkley so the public can enjoy The Match it really wants, nay, needs, to see: a steel-cage battle royale between Koepka and DeChambeau. Capital One, the exhibition’s sponsor, and Turner Sports, the TV partner for the two-man team event on July 6, we’re looking at you to make this happen.
Or better yet, major champion Vijay Singh offers a tasty suggestion.
Let’s see these two in a pairing @usopengolf
https://t.co/IBhFOsrcxr
— Vijay Singh (@VijaySinghGolf) May 26, 2021
Harold Varner III chimed in with his own idea.
Yo @triller we should talk. I have a good business opportunity
— Harold Varner III (@HV3_Golf) May 26, 2021
