Brooks Koepka explains origins of feud with Bryson DeChambeau

In this week's episode of the Brooks Koepka-Bryson DeChambeau soap opera, Koepka told the press his nemesis is "fair game."

It is commonplace these days for a new development in the PGA Tour's most interesting feud to pop up on a weekly basis. For many golf fans, however, the origins of said discord aren't widely known.

On Tuesday, Koepka shed a little light — albeit in a rather vague manner — on why he has no problem talking trash about DeChambeau, with whom he has had a public beef since the 2019 Northern Trust tournament at Liberty National in Jersey City, N.J.

"We had a conversation at Liberty, and he didn't hold up his end of the bargain and I didn't like that, so I'll take my shots," Koepka said.

From what we can glean from the four-time Major winner's comments, everything started when Koepka was critical of DeChambeau's slow play, and instead of confronting Koepka personally about the comments, DeChambeau confronted Koepka's caddie.

"He walked up to (my caddie) Ricky (Elliott), said something. It was, 'You tell your man if he's got something to say, say it to myself,'" Koepka told reporters. "I thought that was ironic because he went straight to Ricky. Ricky told me when I came out, hit a few putts, and then just walked right over to him, we had a conversation.

"We both agreed we'd leave each other out of it and wouldn't mention each other, just kind of let it die off, wouldn't mention each other's names, just go about it."

Things very much didn't die off, however. DeChambeau was caught in an infamous Twitch video taking shots at Koepka's physique in ESPN's The Body Issue.