The Masters 2019: Brooks Koepka hits again at weight loss critics attributable to new food plan after taking first-round lead

Three-time main winner Brooks Koepka hit again at criticism of his current weight loss after firing a flawless 66 within the opening spherical of the 83rd The Masters.

Koepka revealed on Tuesday that he underwent checks following the Players Championship and that he has not been within the fitness center in three weeks following an intense exercise schedule and food plan that left his vitality sapped.

The 28-year-old mentioned that was on account of a food plan that restricted him to 1,800 energy a day, with rumours circulating that it was undertaken upfront of {a magazine} photoshoot.

Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee was strongly essential, saying: “For him to change his body and his body chemistry for vanity reasons for a vanity shoot is the most reckless self-sabotage that I have ever seen of an athlete in his prime.”

Koepka has not confirmed the explanation for the food plan however mentioned: “Well, I raise on a regular basis. I raise too many weights and I’m too large to play golf. And then once I drop some pounds, I’m too small. So, I do not know. I do not know what to say.

“Listen, I’m going to make me happy. I don’t care what anybody else says. I’m doing it for me and obviously it seems to work.”

Koepka shares the lead with compatriot Bryson DeChambeau and is chasing a exceptional fourth main title in seven begins after following back-to-back wins within the US Open with victory within the 2018 US PGA.

“I’m super aggressive at a normal event and that kind of backfires sometimes,” Koepka mentioned. “But at a serious I form of let issues brush off my again a little bit bit simpler.

“In a normal event that three-putt (for par) on eight really would have drove me nuts. I would have been sitting there for probably five minutes trying to figure out what I did wrong. But I just let things go a lot easier in a major.”

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