Brooks Koepka probably envisioned his begin to the PGA Championship going a bit higher than what unfolded Tuesday.
Taking to his Instagram Tales, the 32-year-old golfer revealed that he had locked his keys in a courtesy automotive forward of a pre-tournament press convention.
“So we’re not on the press convention as a result of we began the automotive, put the keys in it, went and put the bag within the again… and actually, the automotive is locked,” Koepka defined in a single video.
Koepka, who's at present ranked seventeenth on the earth, then filmed himself gripping the door deal with of the car to no avail.
“Be there quickly @pgachampionship,” he added within the video’s caption.
Thankfully, a PGA staffer got here to Koepka’s rescue to get him to the media availability, even when a bit delayed.
“So we had somebody from the PGA come carry an additional key, unlock the automotive,” Koepka stated in an Instagram Story. “We’re on our manner there now, late, however we’re coming.”
Koepka later addressed the incident to reporters and poked enjoyable at himself within the course of.
“Solely me, man,” Koepka stated. “It’s like a theme of automotive troubles. Run out of fuel [at home recently] after which this. I’m simply glad it didn’t occur on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.”
Koepka’s fiancée, Jena Sims, additionally trolled the golfer on social media for the mishap, quipping, “At the very least there was fuel in it…. Too quickly???”
This yr’s PGA Championship will get underway Thursday on the Southern Hills Championship Course in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with Koepka teeing off shortly after 2 p.m.
Past golf, Koepka has a busy summer time forward of him as he and Sims, 33, are slated to tie the knot within the close to future.
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