LIV Golf rebel Brooks Koepka parties on yacht with bikini-clad model wife amid PGA Tour war
LIV Golf defector Brooks Koepka was seen out enjoying himself over the weekend as he partied on a yacht with his wife Jena Sims. Koepka was one of the sport’s biggest names to make the controversial LIV switch back in June.
After signing on the dotted line with former world No. 1 Greg Norman, the American reportedly raked in a cool £83 million ($100 million) signing on fee, whilst also earning £608,000 in individual prize money in his opening two LIV events.
With no event penned into the LIV calendar last week, the four-time major champion made the most of his weekend off by enjoying himself at a boat party with Sims.
Videos uploaded on the model’s Instagram page show Koepka standing on the chairs of the boat dancing, whilst enjoying a drink. Sims also shared snaps of the loved up couple appearing to have a sing-song and dance whilst in a water-side bar.
The American’s yacht partying comes in the wake of arguably the biggest golfing civil war the sport has ever seen, as the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf goes on. Last week 11 LIV rebels led by Phil Mickelson filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour to have their suspensions revoked.
The lawsuit – which was filed in the US District Court of Northern California, states – read: “The Tour’s conduct serves no purpose other than to cause harm to players and foreclose the entry of the first meaningful competitive threat the Tour has faced in decades.
“The purpose of this action is to strike down the PGA Tour’s anticompetitive rules and practices that prevent these independent-contractor golfers from playing when and where they choose.” Three of the 11 rebels – Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones – are attempting to receive a temporary restraining order to allow them to compete at the FedEx St Jude Invitational this Thursday.
Unsurprisingly though the tour has hit back once more, accusing the defectors of ‘fabricating an ’emergency’ and ‘breaching Tour Regulations’.
The PGA Tour said: “Despite knowing full well that they would breach Tour Regulations and be suspended for doing so, plaintiffs have joined competing golf league LIV Golf, which has paid them tens and hundreds of millions of dollars in guaranteed money supplied by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to procure their breaches.
“TRO plaintiffs now run into court seeking a mandatory injunction to force their way into the Tour’s season-ending FedExCup Playoffs, an action that would harm all Tour members that follow the rules. The antitrust laws do not allow Plaintiffs to have their cake and eat it too.”
