Brooks Koepka’s wife Jena Sims spill the beans
Jena Sims has shed light on how some of golf’s top players met their significant others, revealing that it’s often the women who make the initial approach. Sims, 35, is married to LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka, and they share a child. She faced criticism for admitting she initiated contact with Koepka on Instagram in…
Jena Sims has shed light on how some of golf’s top players met their significant others, revealing that it’s often the women who make the initial approach. Sims, 35, is married to LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka, and they share a child. She faced criticism for admitting she initiated contact with Koepka on Instagram in 2015. Their online interaction blossomed into marriage seven years later, with the couple welcoming a son last July.
Their love story was highlighted in an episode of the Netflix series “Full Swing.” Despite receiving backlash for pursuing Koepka on social media, Sims stands by her actions, noting that Koepka is not the only golfer to find love online.
“I’ve had a lot of crap for telling the world that I slid into his DMs because it’s like I went after him,” Sims confessed on The Scoop with Claire Rogers (via the Mirror). “People are quick to judge but Brooks, he’s special. He’s got no game; he would never approach me in a bar! He’ll look me in the eye and say, ‘I cannot believe we’re married now and you literally slid into my DMs.'”
Sims mentioned that other women married to top golfers also initiated contact through DMs but prefer to keep it private. “I’m just the only one who talks about it publicly,” she said.
Sims recalled the fairytale-like moment they first met in person during the 2015 Masters. After months of chatting, she took the opportunity to meet Koepka at the tournament. “I’m from Georgia, so I had a friend with Masters tickets. I told Brooks, ‘I’m going to be here, this would be a great opportunity for us to meet.’ So I guess I made the first two moves!”
Describing their memorable encounter, Sims explained, “I think it was the Thursday round, and I was there. I found him, and he spotted me. This was during the tournament play, between holes seven and eight, and he reached over the ropes and hugged me.”
The crowd was astonished, with onlookers reacting to the unexpected interaction. “Even the crowd around me was like, ‘Oh my God, who is she? I can’t believe he just stopped the tournament play to meet you.’ That night, I met his entire family! We weren’t even dating; that was our first interaction,” Sims recounted.