Brooks Koepka has voiced his support for the rule change that Tiger Woods has previously called for the PGA Tour to make. Koepka is allowed to compete in shorts at LIV Golf events - a luxury not afforded to Woods and all other players on the PGA Tour . The advent of the Saudi-backed breakaway league saw LIV Golf revamp some of the sport’s traditions.
Shotgun starts off the tee, competing for three rounds and no cuts were all changes to golf’s long-standing format. In terms of dress code, the DP World Tour has allowed shorts to be worn in high temperatures, but the PGA remains a stickler for tradition. That’s despite calls from golf legend Woods for the tour to rewrite the rules - and Koepka has backed up the icon’s point.
Asked about the feeling of playing in shorts since his switch to LIV in June 2022, Koepka told the Pardon My Take podcast: “It’s so much nicer.” The five-time major winner suggested that the extra comfort may even have improved his game by two strokes, adding that he is rarely in climates suitable for trousers: “You don’t even want to play when it’s [10°c] and raining.” The PGA have allowed caddies to wear shorts since 1999 but remain steadfast on players competing in their standard attire, despite allowing shorts on practice rounds and at pro-am tournaments.
It has been six years since Woods first called for the dress code rules to be relaxed. “I would love it. We play in some of the hottest climates on the planet,” Woods said in .