Koepka prepared for US Open after left hand nerve harm

5-time main winner Brooks Koepka mentioned Tuesday he’ll play on this week’s US Open after withdrawing from final week’s PGA Canadian Open with a left hand harm.

The 36-year-old American is making his first journey again to Shinnecock since profitable in 2018 to finish back-to-back US Open triumphs.

Koepka skilled weak point in his left pinky and ring finger on Friday and Saturday, making it tough for him to grip a membership, and withdrew from the occasion Sunday.

“It is getting higher day-to-day,” Koepka mentioned Tuesday. “In the present day there was fairly a little bit of enchancment. I do not assume I’d have gone out and performed if it wasn’t.

“I believe it is simply the ulnar nerve, simply flared up slightly bit. I do not know what I did.”

Koepka was watching tv when he observed an odd feeling in his wrist.

“It simply felt prefer it was very weak and sort of a tingly feeling as should you hit your humorous bone. That is sort of the way it felt in my ring finger and pinkie finger,” Koepka mentioned.

Koepka, who has had no ache with the problem, noticed a physician and had a neck scan that got here again detrimental for neck points on the root of the matter.

“Simply simplified it and made certain that is what it was,” Koepka mentioned.

Membership gripping points are behind him sufficient to problem the tough Shinnecock structure in windy situations.

“The motion’s wonderful. I can do all the things,” he mentioned. “It is actually simply my ring finger and pinkie finger have been simply — it felt like they have been coming off the golf membership, however they have been simply very weak.

“As quickly as impression would include the turf interplay, it felt prefer it was absolutely off — so excited to have the ability to maintain a golf membership once more.”

His grip is just not good, Koepka mentioned, however it is going to do.

“I do not assume the grip energy is 100%, however it’s adequate,” Koepka mentioned. “It is wonderful. There isn’t any ache. There’s completely no ache, which is sort of the weirdest a part of this complete factor.

“I would virtually desire there was slightly little bit of ache. It will make sense why this hurts and that does not. It simply feels such as you hit your humorous bone on a regular basis.”

Koepka, nonetheless in his first months again on the PGA Tour after leaving LIV Golf, says his recreation is rounding into kind.

“I believe ball placing is even higher than what it has been,” he mentioned. “Placing, I had an excellent week placing final week. I am excited for the problem.”