AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka didn’t want to share the gruesome details of the injury. But after shooting a 7-under 65 to tie for the first-round lead at the Masters with Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland, he obliged.
The now-member of the LIV Golf Tour and four-time major winner explained how he had slipped at home, dislocating his knee in the process and shattering it when he attempted to put it back in only to tear one of the ligaments around his patella.
“My leg was sideways and out. My foot was turned out,” Koepka said. “And when I snapped it back in, because the kneecap had already shattered, it went in pretty good. It went in a lot easier.”
In what was a revealing post-round interview, Koepka detailed the journey back from the injury that once had him unable to bend his knee and resulted in him missing the cut at the 2021 Masters…
