Brooks Koepka and wife Jena Sims announce | Golf News

Golf star Brooks Koepka and his wife Jena Sims suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage earlier this yr, leaving them “devastated.”

The pair, who made their relationship public in 2017 and have been married for three years, are dad and mom to their two-year-old son named Crew. In an emotional Instagram post, the actress and model disclosed that she had been anticipating but tragically misplaced the child at 16 weeks.

Sims, 36, expressed her want to help other ladies going through fertility challenges by opening up about her painful journey. The post featured a sequence of pictures and videos, including a sonogram, as she shared the couple’s hope to broaden their household in the future.

“At 16 weeks, we learned that our baby’s heart had stopped beating. This is a grief no parent is ever prepared for. We are devastated, but remain hopeful to give Crew a sibling one day,” Sims wrote.

“Too often, these struggles happen in silence. There is still so much work and research needed to better understand and support women’s reproductive health.

“If you are experiencing or have skilled being pregnant loss or infertility, please know you aren’t alone.

“Lastly, I want to recognize the doctors and nurses who must deliver this kind of heartbreaking news every day. It has to be the hardest part of their job, and I’m holding space in my heart for you, too.”

In a subsequent post, Sims emphasised: “There is no timeline or rulebook for healing. If I can make one woman feel less lonely by sharing, then I’ve done my job.”

The announcement adopted the household’s week-long getaway in Scotland. Koepka has embarked on a European tour following the conclusion of the LIV Golf season, competing on the DP World Tour at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

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The pro-am event is legendary for its household environment, with heartwarming pictures exhibiting the five-time major winner and his son strolling the fairways and practising putts at Carnoustie.

Koepka posted a number of of these photos on social media, writing: “A week I’ll cherish forever with my Crew.”

Sims praised her husband as an “incredible father” after the pair confronted challenges when Crew arrived seven weeks early in 2023, ensuing in a 20-day keep in a neonatal intensive care unit adopted by over a yr of treatment sporting a helmet to deal with congenital torticollis.

“I think my life has changed a lot the last four years,” Koepka beforehand mirrored on fatherhood. “Obviously having a son changes my perspective on life, not just golf. Maybe golf was kind of everything for me, but having Crew definitely changes my perspective.”