What happened on the driving range just before Brooks Koepka withdrew from the RBC Canadian Open
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Brooks Koepka was seen receiving treatment from his trainer on the range at the RBC Canadian Open shortly before he decided to withdraw on Sunday at TPC Toronto.
There is now a question mark over whether Koepka will be in the field for the US Open this week, with the 36-year-old unable to complete his final round at the latest PGA Tour event.
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Koepka cited numbness in his hand as the reason for his decision to withdraw from the RBC Canadian Open. He had started Sunday just outside the top 30 after a disappointing third round.
Brooks Koepka seen receiving treatment on the range at the RBC Canadian Open
What makes Koepka’s decision all the more agonising was the fact that he had started so well in Toronto. The five-time major champion posted a 64 on Thursday to put himself in the mix.
Koepka was also on course for one of the best putting weeks of his career before deciding to withdraw from the event.
Speaking on the Golf Channel Podcast, Rex Hoggard suggested that there were a number of signs over the weekend in Canada that highlighted that not everything was right with Koepka just days before the third major of the year.
“I think at the moment the level of concern is high right now. This is something very, very new. This is something he has never dealt with until Saturday morning at the Canadian Open,” he said.
“It was a little shocking actually to see his trainer show up on the range. I was waiting to do a pre-round interview and I wasn’t really paying attention at all. But immediately you saw his trainer starting to work on what looked like his left elbow, something along those lines.
“You could probably make a jump and say golfer’s elbow is very similar to this. Maybe he has an issue that is muscular.
Photo by Julian Avram/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images“I will say that he tried to warm up. It was cold, it was rainy. It was amazingly cold this week, I was pretty shocked by that.
“It may be him playing safe because next week is a huge week. Not just because it’s the US Open, but because he is the quasi defending champion there, having won the last US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Clearly his focus is going to be on that.
“But it was strange when you watched him start that round on Saturday morning and every single shot wasn’t just a little right, it was way right.
“You don’t see that out of Brooks Koepka the way he is playing right now. The part that I got hung up with was for through two rounds it was his putting. It was the one thing we have fixated all things on. If he could just putt decently you would expect big things from Brooks.
“In this particular case through two rounds it was his ball-striking which was letting him down. His putting was solid. It felt like he had found something on the greens which would net him zero. We talk about this all the time when it comes to Scottie Scheffler. That as long as you have an average day on the green, if your ball-striking is good enough you should be able to go and contend.
“We saw that through two rounds, so that was the part that was surprising to me. This came out of nowhere. A withdrawal on a day which was cold and rainy, the US Open is coming up. I am going to hold off concern until we know a little bit more.”
Even with two wins, Brooks Koepka has an underrated US Open
Koepka is, unfortunately, no stranger to injury. His knee issues appeared to be one of the key reasons behind his decision to join LIV Golf.
Hopefully, he has decided to rest up to ensure that he is ready to go at Shinnecock Hills this week. It would be a massive shame if he had to miss the tournament with his form improving.
Koepka’s record at the US Open is absolutely exceptional. He has obviously won twice, but he has also not missed a cut at the event since his debut in 2012.
In fact, Koepka has registered five top five finishes at the event. The US Open was also the only major where he made the cut during a miserable 2025 season.
He simply has to be considered a contender in Southampton, as long as he is not continuing to struggle with injury.