Michael Kim and Brooks Koepka will be side by side during round three of the FedEx Open de France on Saturday, with Niklas Norgaard making up the threesome.
However, is Kim looking forward to playing alongside his fellow American Koepka and Norgaard in the DP World Tour event?
Many PGA Tour players are in France this week with the Ryder Cup taking center stage on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Koepka is someone who should be playing at the Ryder Cup but his form simply hasn’t been good enough over the past year or so.
He is a big-time player with five major championships to his name, but he seems completely lost with his game right now.
Koepka missed the cut in the last two DP World Tour events he has played.
The 35-year-old American failed to secure weekend golf in the Irish Open or at the BMW PGA Championship over the past two weeks.
In fact, he has missed the cut in five of the last six 72-hole events he has played, so this week in France will be a welcome boost for him.
Michael Kim drawn to play with Brooks Koepka at the FedEx Open de France
It’s fair to say that despite his poor recent form, Koepka is still a huge star in the game.
So Michael Kim will surely be happy at the thought of playing alongside him in France, right?
Well, the 32-year-old PGA Tour star does have one big concern about being paired with Koepka and, indeed, Norgaard.
The 2018 John Deere Classic winner took to his official X account in reaction to the third round FedEx Open de France draw.
Kim’s comments are, of course, referring to the incredible distances that both Koepka and Norgaard hit the ball off the tee.
Norgaard is actually one of the longest players in the game, if not the longest, and he absolutely cruises a 190 mph ball speed.
Meanwhile, Koepka is just as long as he ever was, and regularly clocks 180+ mph ball speeds.
Brooks Koepka makes Ryder Cup prediction
Koepka is clearly desperate to rediscover his best form so that he has a chance of being part of the US Ryder Cup team at Adare Manor in 2027.
He already has four Ryder Cup appearances to his name, but he will be watching this one from behind a television screen.
Koepka recently spoke about how exciting the upcoming Ryder Cup will be at Bethpage Black.
He was asked what he expects to see from the New York crowds.
“I’m disappointed I’m missing it, especially in New York, New York crowds are fun,“ Koepka said.
“Yeah, it just kind of depends how they interpret it or how they process it, and how they deal with the fans. If they have a joke and laugh with the fans it makes it a lot easier.
“But you get a guy like Poults who chirps back and then that’s done for the rest of the week, they’re going to be on him, you know something like that.“
It will be fascinating to see just how influential the New York fans are at Bethpage next week.
Koepka will be sat at home watching the Ryder Cup, and if that’s not enough motivation for him to get back to his best then I don’t know what is.
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