Brooks Koepka Takes Another Swipe at LIV Golf Teammate Matthew Wolff: 'There's Only Three of Us on Our Team'

The captain of the four-man Smash GC said in July that he had 'given up on' Wolff and this week only offered positive comments on the team's other two players.

Brooks Koepka capped a big year by defending his title at the LIV Golf Jeddah event Sunday, defeating Talor Gooch in a two-hole playoff to add a second LIV individual title in a year in which he also won the PGA Championship, his fifth major title.

But before winning the final individual event of the LIV season—with the Team Championship to take place this week in Miami—Koepka again took a swipe at Matthew Wolff, one of his Smash GC teammates who he blasted earlier this year in an interview with Sports Illustrated.

Before winning on Sunday in Jeddah, Brooks Koepka commented about his Smash GC teammates with one notable omission :: Jamie Sabau/USA TODAY Sports

Asked about his team, which includes Wolff, Jason Kokrak and his brother, Chase Koepka, the older Koepka again did not hold back.

"There’s only three of us on our team," Koepka said. "I mean, obviously, my brother, I’m pretty tight with him and then—I’ve enjoyed being around Jay for the last—I’ve been pretty close with Jay for maybe the last three years. I’ve enjoyed being around him. He’s a good player, super talented. It’s been fun to be around him, and he’s played pretty solid this year. Yeah, I can’t say anything bad about him."

Koepka said nothing about Wolff, whose attitude and work ethic he had questioned. Wolff then questioned Koepka’s leadership.

Wolff, a star player at Oklahoma State, quickly captured the 3M Championship after turning pro in 2019 and finished second to Bryson DeChambeau at the 2000 U.S. Open.

But he was open about mental health issues he dealt with following a lengthy break in 2021 and LIV Golf was viewed as a new start for him. Before this season, he was ostensibly recruited by Koepka to play for his LIV team.

At the LIV London event, Koepka told SI: “I mean, when you quit on your round, you give up and stuff like that, that's not competing,” Koepka said. “I'm not a big fan of that. You don't work hard. It's very tough. It's very tough to have even like a team dynamic when you've got one guy that won't work, one guy is not going to give any effort, he’s going to quit on the course, break clubs, gets down, bad body language, it's very tough. I've basically given up on him—a lot of talent, but I mean the talent's wasted.”

Wolff finished 27th in the LIV Golf individual season standings, which means he is not assured of a place for next year—unless he has a contract. Koepka undoubtedly will look for other players to fill out his team as his brother, Chase, finished outside the top 44 players, meaning he would need to earn his way back via a Promotions event to be played in December.