Brooks Koepka explained what’s the most frustrating…

Brooks Koepka explained what’s the most frustrating part of J.B. Holmes’ slow play

Brooks Koepka’s incredible year at the majors came to an end Sunday with a fourth place finish at the Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

Koepka became just the fourth player (joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Jordan Spieth) in modern golf to finish fourth or better in all four majors in a season.

And he did it all while playing Sunday’s final round with J.B. Holmes, who’s easily one of the slowest players on Tour, which seemed to annoy Koepka many times during the round. It also didn’t help that Holmes shot a 16-over, 87.

Koepka didn’t hide his feelings about Holmes’ slow play during the round as he did this while walking off the 12th green:

Walking off 12 green, Koepka stares at an official and points to his non-existent watch.

— Will Gray (@WillGrayGC) July 21, 2019

And one time he couldn’t even stand to wait and watch Holmes finish up a hole:

Koepka earlier this year on slow play: "It's kind of embarrassing" pic.twitter.com/7RpOxVzVSS

— Golf Monthly (@GolfMonthly) July 21, 2019

After the round Koepka explained what makes Holmes so annoying to play with:

Koepka: "When it's your turn to hit, your glove is not on, then you start thinking about it. That's where the problem lies. It's not that he takes that long. He doesn't do anything until it's his turn. That's the frustrating part. But he's not the only one that does it out here."

— Will Gray (@WillGrayGC) July 21, 2019

Anybody who has played golf knows how dreadful it can be to play with a slow player.

Good on Koepka for being open about this, too. Because this message needs to be delivered often to the many players on Tour who move at a snail’s pace.

Media and fans weighed in on it, too:

We can't really relate to Brooks Koepka–he hits the ball farther than us, putts better than us, has a better short game, is a lot stronger than us. But, like us, he hates the person he was paired with by the starter. That is universal.

— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) July 21, 2019