LIV GOLF ADELAIDE

April 23, 2023

Chase Koepka

The Grange

Smash GC

Quick Quotes

Q. Can you just kind of take us through hole 12?

CHASE KOEPKA: Yeah, obviously it was wild out there today again. I got up on the tee, and I was just trying to hit kind of like a trap draw 9-iron, something that we've just been working on all week, just trying to make sure I drew it. I hit it, and I knew it was good. I kind of thought if anything it was going to be a little deep, and I saw it kind of pitch in the up slope and take a soft bounce, and I was like, oh, it'll be close, and then the roars just kept getting louder and louder and louder, and when it went in, I started just getting peppered with beer cans. I smelled like beer the whole entire rest of the day. Yeah, it was wild. Crazy experience. I mean, obviously to do it on a hole like that was super special. It definitely gave the fans something to remember.

The next couple hours I was out there, I was just getting ovation after ovation every time I walked up to every shot, every tee box. It was pretty cool. That's probably what Cam Smith felt like the entire week, but at least I got a glimpse of it.

Q. Poults and Paul seemed to enjoy it just as much as you did.

CHASE KOEPKA: Yeah. I mean, Poults, I think his ball was in the bunker, and his ball was getting peppered with beer cans. Paul had to wait about 25 minutes to hit. I was like, I'm so sorry I iced you.

They were super excited for me. We just kept talking about it the whole day how cool that was. This has been the best tournament I think LIV has had so far, and to be able to do that in front of that crowd is pretty special.

Glad I followed it up and shot a nice round today of 66.

Q. How many holes-in-one have you had?

CHASE KOEPKA: That's my sixth one.

Q. Have you ever gotten a reception like that before?

CHASE KOEPKA: No, that's unbelievable. That's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Yeah, it's something to always remember. Yeah, it's pretty cool. I can just say that. I don't know if I can duplicate what I just did out there, but it'll be really cool coming back here because I know everyone will remember it.

Q. What was your walk-out song?

CHASE KOEPKA: Super Gremlin "Kodak Black." I actually asked to switch it up today to something the Aussie fans would really enjoy, but that didn't make the memo. I actually told my caddie, damn, they didn't play my song. I'm pissed.

Q. What would it have been?

CHASE KOEPKA: I've actually got to look it up on my phone. I think it was Hilltop Hoods, "Nosebleed Section."