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The Bryson DeChambeau – Brooks Koepka rivalry has become a golden goose, a gift that keeps on giving for golf media types. 

It certainly has been entertaining. 

Rhode Island’s Brad Faxon  got in on that golden goose on Tuesday when he went on the radio told Michael Breed that the USGA asked DeChambeau and Koepka about playing together at the U.S. Open, and DeChambeau declined. 

However, on Tuesday, both players claimed that wasn’t the case. 

“I would be okay with that (pairing with Brooks), but there was never really anything that went through me,” said DeChambeau during his press conference. 

About an hour before Bryson’s presser, Koepka had this to say. 

“It doesn’t matter to me. I’m trying to play — I play my own game. I don’t care who I’m paired with. It doesn’t matter to me what goes on. It makes no difference to me. I’m out there trying to play my own game. What happens inside the ropes, it won’t bother me.” 

Now, a little inside journalism, inside media, whatever you want to call it. 

These guys are all trained in media relations as they progress from college to amateur status to the PGA Tour. 

The Providence College basketball men’s team (and surly others) hosts media training for their players prior to every season starting. It’s a different sport, but you get the point.

It is possible that these guys both denied the report in order to have the story go away (for now). 

If one or both of them acknowledged it was true, then there is ten more questions and 15 more stories about the rivalry and the pairing. 

The entire fuse is lit all over again.

Just a thought.

Faxon’s Reporting

Faxon made news earlier this golf season following Koepka’s injury when he went on the same radio show and said that range chatter suggested Koepka would be out for six to eight months.

Koepka was back in time for the Masters (approximately 24 days) and trolled Faxon over the report on Twitter.