AUGUSTA, Ga. — Caddie-Gate continued Friday as LIV Golf stud Brooks Koepka and his bag man, Rickie Elliott, remained under scrutiny for what appeared to be an obvious rules violation in the first round of the Masters on Thursday. Koepka led the tournament at 12-under, but there was a good argument that he should have stood at 10.
After Koepka hit a 5-iron onto the 15th green, Elliott mouthed the word “five” twice as Gary Woodland’s caddie, Brennan “Butchie” Little, walked past and looked directly at him. A moment later, as Koepka removed his glove, he appeared to flash all five fingers at Woodland and Little.
Giving advice to a competitor is a two-stroke penalty.
