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Brooks Koepka’s dreadful season took another hit on Friday, as the five-time major champion missed the cut by a vital margin at the Irish Open following a poor second spherical.

Koepka has been trailed by disappointment on the course in current months, lacking out on Keegan Bradley’s American Ryder Cup workforce due to his dramatic droop in kind. The former world No. 1 had a horrible yr at the majors, failing to make the cut at the Masters, PGA Championship, and Open Championship.

He also did not secure a LIV Golf win, and his poor streak of outcomes endured at The Okay Club close to Dublin on Friday. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry are among the big names vying for the title in County Kildare.

However, Koepka shouldn’t be taking part over the weekend after a catastrophic second spherical at the 2006 Ryder Cup host venue. He began with a one-under-par first spherical on Thursday.

A dismal eight-over-par spherical of 80 adopted on Friday, and he missed the cut by seven pictures. In a damning statistic, Koepka completed 19 pictures behind chief Joakim Lagergren after 36 holes.

At the start of the yr, Koepka was thought of a strong contender for the Ryder Cup workforce. Addressing the state of affairs this week, he acknowledged he had no place to cover.

“I played my way off it so I can’t be disappointed,” said Koepka, via Off The Ball. “I did it myself. It’s not anything I’m not aware of. I’m not shying away from it. It’s just bad timing. You have one down year, but if it’s the year after the Ryder Cup, it’s a whole lot easier to play catch-up.

“Just the state of affairs I’m in, being on LIV and then not taking part in properly. I do not assume LIV had something to do with me not being on the workforce, but it was more of the timing of the yr and attempting to get that ball rolling, which I’ve been doing.”

He continued: “I have never performed superb this yr. It’s felt good and then it is fully disappeared. It ebbs and flows. Golf’s loopy. You really feel one minute you are never going to discover it again, and then all of a sudden it is one swing and you are back for six months.

“The putter has let me down this year, and if you’re not making putts, you’re not comfortable and not confident, it makes it very difficult.

“I have never actually made something inside eight ft, which has been the bread and butter my complete profession. It’s powerful; it means you’ve got obtained to hit it close, it places a little more stress on your irons, and hit it in the golf green. It goes through your complete recreation at that level.”

McIlroy is in a tie for fourth heading into Sunday’s last spherical at The Okay Club on 11-under-par, 4 pictures behind chief Adrien Saddier. McIlroy, who boasts the home help in Ireland, is wanting for his second Irish Open title and his first win since clinching the profession Grand Slam at the Masters.