Brooks Koepka there was a pretty strong comeback Friday at the 2026 Mastersshooting a 69 to move into the top-15 on the leaderboard through two rounds.
Part of his improved game from Thursday’s 72 can be attributed to Koepka’s improvement off the tee. The five-time major champion lost more than four-tenths of a stroke off the tee on Thursday but gained nearly nine-tenths on Friday, according to DataGolf.
What caused the sudden turn? Koepka made a switch on his own Title GT3 surefit driver hose setup.
It just wasn’t one he knew he had to do.
“Yeah, I just drove it better. Some of my driver settings went from A1 to B1. Nobody noticed,” Keopka revealed after his round on Friday. “Going back to A1, which is what we usually had and just driving it better.”
He later confirmed that he discovered the setting on the driving range on Thursday afternoon after his opening round and changed it at that time.
The B1 setting puts Koepka’s driver three-quarters of a degree flatter than the standard setting he usually plays with. This can naturally cause his driver to play a little more to the right or move his shot position up to the toe, but it can also backfire if he was unconsciously reacting to the change.
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All seven of Koepka’s fairways on Thursday were fair putts and came with driver.
