Former world No 1 Brooks Koepka isn’t too excited about playing golf without spectators cheering the competitors on.
Speaking on the Pardon My Take sports podcast, the American admitted that it will be slightly ‘weird’ to compete behind closed doors as the PGA Tour looks to resume a new golf schedule in June.
The proposed idea is that a number of events will originally be held without fans there in order to eliminate the further spread of the coronavirus.
‘It’s going to be so weird, man. You want to play coming down the stretch and have everyone cheering for you. Imagine this: you sink the putt on the last hole and no one’s clapping. You’re just there by yourself, and you’re like, “Yea!” Just you, your caddie and just silence,’ said Koepka.
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The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic has had a seismic effect on the world of golf already with a number of events on the PGA Tour and European Tour cancelled, while the Majors were adjusted and postponed to later dates with the British Open also called off.
The 29-year-old Koepka, though, believes spectators play a massive support role in the morale of players on a golf course.
‘Every once in a while, we just hit some foul balls and the fans kind of help you find it. I mean, guys are going to lose balls because of that,’ Koepka said.
