Brooks Koepka's driver was in the wrong setting. He noticed at the Masters

Brooks Koepka noticed his driver was in the wrong setting this week. Hector Vivas/Getty Images and Jack Hirsh/GOLF Brooks Koepka had a pretty solid rebound Friday at the 2026 Masters , firing a 69 to climb into the top-15 on the leaderboard through two rounds. Part of his improved play 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 turnaround? Koepka made a switch on his Titleist GT3 driver’s SureFit hosel setting.

It just wasn’t one he knew he needed to make. “Yeah, just drove it better. Some of my setting on the driver switched from A1 to B1.

No one noticed it,” Keopka revealed after his round Friday. “Switching back to A1, which is what we usually had it and just driving it better. ” According to @DataGolf , Brooks Koepka gained .