Koepka shrugs off poor start

World

No. 1 Brooks Koepka shrugged off a mediocre start that left him three shots off the first-round lead at the Dunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan yesterday, the American confident he has enough time to make up the deficit.

The two-time defending champion of the Japan Golf Tour event was nowhere near his best, but nonetheless eked out a reasonable twounder-par 69 at Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki.

“I didn’t hit it that great and putted pretty bad,” Koepka said. (Reuters)