Brooks Koepka Got Paired With Patrick Cantlay at British Open, and Everyone Had Slow Play Jokes

This could be a long few days for Brooks Koepka.

The pairings for the first two rounds of this year’s British Open, which starts Thursday morning at Royal Liverpool, came out Tuesday morning and there was one juicy group that had golf fans making lots of jokes. 

Reigning PGA champion Brooks Koepka will be playing alongside Patrick Cantlay and Hideki Matsuyama on Thursday and Friday. What makes this such an interesting group, of course, is how Koepka ripped Cantlay after the Masters in April for his extremely slow play in the final round at Augusta National.  

Koepka loves to play fast. Cantlay and Matsuyama, meanwhile, are known for playing at a ridiculously slow pace of play. 

This could become a long few days for Koepka.

Golf fans had lots of jokes after the pairing was announced:

I feel for Brooksie. Ugh. Glacier movements and sloths on Ambien are faster than those players. https://t.co/qkRP029qPB

— Eric Tauriainen (@ejtauri) July 18, 2023

Prayers up for Brooksy https://t.co/cPiOxLZP3R

— 🦁 Lions Beastro 🦁 (@ArchibaldBarnh2) July 18, 2023

Actually brutal… #TheOpen https://t.co/LSX668KKmR pic.twitter.com/92LxX370KT

— Mitch (@_Pantzke) July 18, 2023

Brooks may kill Cantlay by the time the weekend rolls around https://t.co/xOVhyfz0FW

— Matt Miller (@MattyMillz85) July 18, 2023

With some time to mentally prepare for playing with 2 tortoises, I expect Brooks can find some ways to manage - maybe he can bring some exercise bands or pack a yoga mat and just get some work in while he waits. https://t.co/ZX3iXGgU7W

— Living It Up golf podcast (@LivingItUpPod) July 18, 2023

The amount of Brooks eye rolls/deep sighs this week will be at an all time high. 🍿 https://t.co/pRgAMS3Jp1

— Curry (@Curry_Franklin1) July 18, 2023

The Open chose violence 🤣 https://t.co/4G2fiH5lW8

— Elliot Mee (@mr_shmee91) July 18, 2023

Absolute troll job https://t.co/9fvGdweTXT

— Danny Greive (@DannyGreive) July 18, 2023