Koepka: Trump told me I would love his LIV Golf course

US PGA Champion Brooks Koepka has been backed to thrive at the “bomber’s paradise” hosting this week’s LIV Golf League event by none other than President Trump.

Koepka heads to Washington DC for the $25m tournament fresh from winning his fifth major on Sunday.

It will be his first time playing the course but big-hitting Koepka has already been told that the 7,700-yard course should suit his game by its owner, the 45th president of the USA.

“All of Trump’s golf courses are phenomenal and fun to play, and I think they’re also quite tough. I play tough golf courses quite well,” he said.

“When I played with Trump a couple of months ago we were talking about it and he told me I’d love it. [It’s a] bigboy golf course. It’s going to be long.

“I don’t think we’ve really played too