US Ryder Cup plans were plagued by in-team ‘scuffle’ on flight over with ‘WAGS involved’
Two of the biggest names in golf had to be separated at a party after the United States lost the Ryder Cup to Europe in 2018. But representatives of one of the culprits denied any involvement. Jim Furyk’s team were still licking their wounds following a humbling 17.5-10.5 defeat to the Europeans at France’s Le Golf National five years ago when the alleged fracas occurred.
Top stars Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka – both former world No. 1s – were at a post-Ryder Cup party that was hosted by the European team when they ended up in an ugly confrontation with each other.
According to the Telegraph, witnesses were “clearly shocked and upset by the nastiness, which was very threatening”. The pair, who are friends, had played together in Saturday afternoon foursomes but lost to Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.
Similar claims of an incident were also reported by the Guardian and The Golf Channel. Although details of what caused the incident were not forthcoming, Johnson’s then-fiance Paulina Gretzky (whom he married in 2022) was central to the fracas and Jena Sims – Koepka’s girlfriend – was also involved.
But when pushed for a comment on the situation, Koepka’s agent denied the claims. As per Golf Digest, Blake Smith said: “From what I gather I believe someone made this story up. Nothing to report on our end.”
