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Brooks Koepka’s coach tears into media over LIV Golf narrative following PGA Championship

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The LIV Golf vs. PGA Tour narrative continued over the weekend with Brooks Koepka capturing his fifth major title after winning the PGA Championship on Sunday.

And while he attempted to avoid any detailed discussion about what the win could mean for the tour’s reputation, his coach Claude Harmon III took the opportunity to call out the media he accused of drinking the "Kool-Aid."  Brooks Koepka is congratulated by golf instructor Claude Harmon III during the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on May 21, 2023, in Rochester, New York. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images) "You guys all think LIV’s, maybe you’ve changed your tune, but initially, it was all just bulls---, a bunch of guys playing who didn’t care, who got the money, who got the bag, and it’s 54 holes and there’s no competition and all that," Harmon said of the media in comments during and after Koepka’s final round at Oak Hill, according to Golfweek.  BROOKS KOEPKA SHARES AWKWARD ENCOUNTER WITH PGA OF AMERICA CEO SETH WAUGH DURING TROPHY PRESENTATION "So it was easy for you guys to just pretend like these guys just weren’t good players anymore.

And I think you guys largely did that because you drank the Kool-Aid of everybody else. But how you guys all thought that these guys just weren’t going to show up and be great players is beyond me." Harmon continued: "I think it is an interesting Jedi mind trick that they played on you guys and you guys fell for it.

Because you guys were all, ‘These guys were all washed up. They took the bag. They’re insignificant. They play against no competition.’ And that’s just not the case."  Brooks Koepka looks over a shot with his coach,

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