Golf Asia

KOEPKA SIGNS WITH SRIXON

The Four-time Major Champion To Play Full Bag Of Clubs

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After five years without an equipment contract, golf’s most famous free agent is off the market and trusting his career with Srixon and Cleveland Golf in a multi-year deal.

“I am very excited to join my good friends Shane Lowry, Graeme Mcdowell and Hideki Matsuyama as a Srixon and Cleveland Golf Tour Staff member,” said Brooks Koepka. “I’ve been an equipment free agent for the past few years, so it will be fun to be involved with a company on a daily basis and be able to contribute to the developmen­t of their future equipment. I put the ZX7 Irons in play in January and it is the best iron I have played on Tour. I look forward to kicking off our new partnershi­p in Las Vegas!”

The signing, which was teased in a cryptic video on social media, will see Brooks Koepka playing a full Srixon staff bag with a 9.5-degree Srixon ZX5 driver with a 44.5-inch Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX and ZX7 irons in True Temper Dynamic Gold TI X100 shafts. Scoring clubs will be the Cleveland RTX Zipcore wedges in Tour Rack raw finish with mid bounce in the 52- and 56-degree wedges, and low bounce in the 60-degree lob wedge. Koepka’s ball of choice is a Srixon Z-star prototype.

The 31-year-old Koepka began working with Srixon’s Tour Department earlier in the year as he played the ZX7 Irons throughout the 2021 Tour season, capturing his 8th career PGA TOUR victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

A four-time major winner including back-to-back victories at the U.S. Open (2017, 2018) and PGA Championsh­ip (2018, 2019), Koepka reached world number one status in 2018 and remains one of the best players in the world.

“We’re extremely proud to have Brooks come on board as our newest Staff member,” said Rodney Mcdonald, Vice President of Tour Operations at Srixon. “He’s one of the best players in the world and brings his major championsh­ip pedigree and validation to our brands. We’re excited for Brooks to join the Srixon and Cleveland Golf family and look forward to supporting him out on tour.”

Koepka made his official Srixon Staff debut at Capital One’s The Match in late November.

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