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.
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The opening day of the 2019 Master Championship obtained underway on Thursday.
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Who will high the leaderboard come Sunday night time?
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Tiger Woods was one of many early gamers to take to the Augusta National course.
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As was Tommy Fleetwood, who made a robust begin with two early birdies.
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Former Masters champions Bernhard Langer was additionally in competition early on.
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At one stage, Woods’ title was high of the leaderboard as he moved to three-under.
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But the identical couldn’t be mentioned for Rory McIlroy, who struggled all through his opening spherical.
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McIlroy completed the day one-over-par, seven photographs off the lead.
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But each John Rahm and Woods have been happy with their day’s work after every going beneath par.
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World No 1 Justin Rose struggled on Thursday and finds himself three-over.
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Rose’s fellow Englishman Ian Poulter leads the European cost on four-under.
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But there was not stopping three-time main winner Brooks Koepka as he moved to the entrance of the sphere.
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Koepka surged forward, however enjoying companions Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey struggled.
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Jason Day and Dustin Johnson each discover themselves in competition.
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As does Phil Mickelson, with the three-time Masters champion one shot off the lead on five-under.
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Koepka was joined on the high of the leaderboard by fellow American Bryson DeChambeau as he birdied 16, 17 and 18.
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2015 champion Spieth endured a nightmare spherical and is 9 photographs off the lead.
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Johnson has been fancied by many to win at Augusta and finds himself nicely positioned heading into Friday.
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The discipline shall be gunning for Koepka and DeChambeau who cleared the path on six-under-par.
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1/19 Masters Day One
The opening day of the 2019 Master Championship obtained underway on Thursday.
Getty Images
2/19 Masters Day One
Who will high the leaderboard come Sunday night time?
Getty
3/19 Masters Day One
Tiger Woods was one of many early gamers to take to the Augusta National course.
Getty
4/19 Masters Day One
As was Tommy Fleetwood, who made a robust begin with two early birdies.
Getty Images
5/19 Masters Day One
Former Masters champions Bernhard Langer was additionally in competition early on.
Getty Images
6/19 Masters Day One
At one stage, Woods’ title was high of the leaderboard as he moved to three-under.
Getty Images
7/19 Masters Day One
But the identical couldn’t be mentioned for Rory McIlroy, who struggled all through his opening spherical.
Getty Images
8/19
McIlroy completed the day one-over-par, seven photographs off the lead.
REUTERS
9/19 Masters Day One
But each John Rahm and Woods have been happy with their day’s work after every going beneath par.
Getty Images
10/19 Masters Day One
World No 1 Justin Rose struggled on Thursday and finds himself three-over.
Getty Images
11/19 Masters Day One
Rose’s fellow Englishman Ian Poulter leads the European cost on four-under.
Getty Images
12/19 Masters Day One
But there was not stopping three-time main winner Brooks Koepka as he moved to the entrance of the sphere.
Getty
13/19 Masters Day One
Koepka surged forward, however enjoying companions Jordan Spieth and Paul Casey struggled.
Getty Images
14/19 Masters Day One
Jason Day and Dustin Johnson each discover themselves in competition.
Getty Images
15/19 Masters Day One
As does Phil Mickelson, with the three-time Masters champion one shot off the lead on five-under.
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16/19 Masters Day One
Koepka was joined on the high of the leaderboard by fellow American Bryson DeChambeau as he birdied 16, 17 and 18.
Getty Images
17/19 Masters Day One
2015 champion Spieth endured a nightmare spherical and is 9 photographs off the lead.
Getty Images
18/19 Masters Day One
Johnson has been fancied by many to win at Augusta and finds himself nicely positioned heading into Friday.
Getty Images
19/19 Masters Day One
The discipline shall be gunning for Koepka and DeChambeau who cleared the path on six-under-par.
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“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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