Koepka healthy after offseason knee surgery: 'I can finally practice again'

Brooks Koepka revealed Wednesday he spent the majority of his five-week offseason recovering from knee surgery to repair an injury that limited his ability to practice during his impressive 2018-19 campaign.

"I had some stem cell (work) done on my knee, my patellar tendon was partially torn," Koepka said during his Shriners Hospitals for Children Open press conference. "(I) spent the first three-to-four weeks rehabbing that and I've been back hitting balls. I can finally practice again, which is nice, without pain."

Koepka, who underwent the procedure the day after the Tour Championship, made it known multiple times last season that he rarely worked on his game. When he did, it was only in preparation for major championships.

"Last year I didn't practice at all, I vocalized that," he continued. "I think people forget too, I also had a wrist injury ... I finally feel good enough where I can actually practice and feel prepared coming into golf tournaments and not try to find it on Tuesday or Wednesday ... My wrist wasn't 100 percent and my knee was bugging me from about March on."

Despite the ailments, the 29-year-old turned in a historic season. From March onward, he won twice, including the PGA Championship, and finished as the runner-up in both the Masters and the U.S. Open.

Now at full health, Koepka is on a mission to put in the extra effort to make 2019-20 an even better season than his last.

"Practice. I am going to practice. I've got five, six years left of probably my prime, I guess you could say, and I want to see how far I can take it," he said. "I'm a little extra motivated, feeling 100 percent is nice, but (I'm) extremely motivated to see how far I can push it."