“How Happy Is the PGA Tour That Brooks (Koepka) Didn’t Win?” – Denny Hamlin Offers Insight Into Recently Concluded Masters Tournament While Applauding Phil Mickelson

Denny Hamlin is many things. He is a veteran driver at Joe Gibbs Racing, the co-owner of 23XI Racing, he’s a podcaster too as of late with his Actions Detrimental show. But along with all those things which are related to NASCAR, Hamlin is an enthusiast of another sport, golf.

And recently, he shared his thoughts on the Masters Tournament which Jon Rahm won at Augusta National Golf Course with Brooks Koepka taking the runners up place.

Hamlin also revealed what he has heard of Augusta which is “total opposite” to a golf course owned by one of his most famous friends and associates.

Denny Hamlin claims PGA took a sigh of relief after Koepka failed to win the Masters

Speaking in a recent episode of the Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin reflected on the recently concluded Masters Tournament. “It was a good week,” he said. “Masters was this week, Jon Rahm wins his second major I think. Brooks (Koepka), man, I mean, holy cow, how happy is the PGA Tour that Brooks didn’t win?”

“But old Phil (Mickelson) … he played great on that last day, shot 65 and I think he’s tied for second. But man, the Masters is so great.”

“From what I hear, I’ve never played Augusta, I would love to play Augusta, but from what I hear from people who have played said, ‘Oh the golf course is amazing. But the experience is terrible. So stuffy,'” he claimed.

“Like it’s just, ‘You can’t do this, you can’t do that,’ which is the total opposite of Michael Jordan’s course.” 

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Hamlin claims nobody in NASCAR is glad with Hendrick’s penalty modification

In an interaction with media ahead of the race in Bristol, Denny Hamlin pointed towards the anonymous survey that The Athletic conducted recently in which a majority of crew chiefs disapproved of the fact that Hendrick’s penalty was modified to be only a monetary fine.

“I think that was a pretty unanimous sentiment inside the garage,” he claimed.

The veteran furthered his criticism of Rick Hendrick’s team by taking a defensive stance for NASCAR while doubling down on his “they cheated” claim about Hendrick Motorsports.

If you want to read what Hamlin said about all of this, click the link below.

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