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22nd July 2019
01:24pm BST

'Brooks’ only kryptonite, slow play. And he’s playing with the Lex Luthor of slow play.'While the likes of Lowry, Fowler and Tommy Fleetwood all erred on the opening hole, Koepka followed his bogey on the first with more dropped shots on two and three. His challenge was all but over, even though he did eagle the fifth. As for Holmes, he endured a nightmare round. He was the only golfer at Royal Portrush to not record a round in the 70s. The American started with rounds of 66, 68 and 69 before carding a +16 round of 87 on Sunday. Koepka's patience seemed to expire on the 10th green as Holmes, lining up a par putt to stay at +5 for his round, re-started his whole putting stroke routine. https://twitter.com/GeorgeSavaricas/status/1152965797356146692 Two holes later, after Holmes had triple-bogeyed the 11th, and was lining up a double bogey putt on the 12th, Koepka made his frustrations abundantly clear. https://twitter.com/WillGrayGC/status/1152967779781185537 Following his closing round of 74, which saw him end up in a tie for 4th, Koepka spoke openly with reporters about Holmes' slow play.
"It was slow, but it wasn't that bad for his usual pace. I thought it was relatively quick for what he usually does... "That's what I don't understand," he added, "when it's your turn to hit, your glove is not on, then you start thinking about it, that's where the problem lies. It's not that he takes that long. He doesn't do anything until his turn. That's the frustrating part. But he's not the only one that does it out here."As for Holmes, he packed away his clubs and kept schtum about a round he would much prefer to forget.
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