When it comes to self-confidence, there are few players in the world that can match Brooks Koepka. The American has displayed that quite a few times down through the years on his way to winning five majors, while he will be hoping to do so once again at the Ryder Cup this week.
Koepka can be a difficult character to read. There was a period a few years ago where he looked set to take on the mantle as both the game's most successful and popular player, although his personality has not exactly grabbed the masses in the manner some had expected.
He employs a prickly approach both on and off the course, finding himself at odds with other players at times. He is also not afraid to comment on his peers in the media, something he did once again earlier today.
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Brooks Koepka less than complimentary about other Ryder Cup players
Appearing at a Ryder Cup press conference in Rome, Brooks Koepka was asked how many of the 24 players on both the American and European teams would truly want the opportunity to sink the winning putt to claim the trophy at this week's event.
His answer wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement of the other players that will be playing at the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club over the coming days.
Q: If the Ryder Cup came down to one match on the course to decide it, I suspect if you ask all 24 guys here if they want the ball, they'd say yes. How many of them do you think really mean it?
Brooks Koepka’s answer ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/lbfdvp5acP— Patrick McDonald (@AmateurStatus) September 27, 2023
Very few. False confidence, I think.
I think other than the Ryder Cup, I think the most pressure you can feel is in a major. I don't know what -- yeah, guys should believe in themselves, but everybody else has got to be thinking that they don't.
That's why I think that way. You've got to think you're the best player on the golf course, best player on the team, best player in that current time, and if you don't, then there's something wrong with you.
You've always got to believe you're the best and want to be the best and have that drive, and that's what's going to put you over the edge.
I think a lot of guys have it, but I don't know how many guys would want an eight-footer with this on the line.
Brooks Koepka clearly has a supreme belief in his own abilities, but this answer would suggest that he is not entirely convinced by some of the players on show at this year's Ryder Cup.
His answer on this occasion probably won't go down all that well with the golfers in both team rooms.
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