Koepka blasts LIV teammate Wolff: 'I've basically given up on him'

Smash GC captain Brooks Koepka had some harsh words for teammate Matthew Wolff after Wolff's poor run of form in LIV Golf.

"When you quit on your round, you give up and stuff like that, that's not competing," Koepka told Sports Illustrated's Alex Miceli. "I'm not a big fan of that. You don't work hard. It's very tough. It's very tough to have even like a team dynamic when you've got one guy that won't work - one guy is not going to give any effort, he's going to quit on the course, break clubs, gets down, bad body language, it's very tough.

"I've basically given up on him," he continued. "A lot of talent but, I mean, the talent's wasted."

Wolff withdrew from May's LIV event in Washington before the final round, citing an undisclosed injury, when he was 46th out of 48 players after 36 holes. He enters this weekend's tournament in England on the heels of a 44th-place finish in Spain.

The 24-year-old from California won on the PGA TOUR in 2019 at the 3M Open. He finished runner-up to Bryson DeChambeau at the 2020 U.S. Open.

"I'm here, you know, trying to do what I can to play the best round of golf, and that's going to help the team," Wolff said. "I'm just here to focus on myself and try to play some good golf and that's what everyone's really trying to do, because golf is trying to put the best score up, and then if that helps your team, it's great."

Wolff told Sports Illustrated that he's healthy.

The top 24 on LIV Golf's money list are guaranteed a spot in LIV next season. Koepka is second, behind Talor Gooch. Wolff ranks 27th, while the two other members of Smash GC - Jason Kokrak and Koepka's younger brother, Chase - are 22nd and 45th, respectively.

LIV's event at Centurion Club in Hertfordshire, England begins Friday.