'I can tell': Golfer cops hilarious naked photo shoot sledge

Brooks Koepka has made a hilarious and self-deprecating revelation about his infamous naked photo shoot.

The World No.3 golfer made headlines around the world when he decided to take part in ESPN's Body Issue shoot in 2019, where he literally bared all for the world to see.

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Koepka copped plenty of flak over the naked photo shoot, with some critics insisting his decision to cut weight for the shoot adversely affected his game.

The four-time major winner has shrugged off the criticism in the past but now he's thrown himself under the bus after sharing a rather embarrassing story about the incident.

Speaking to Barstool Sports, Koepka explained the challenges of stripping down to his bare bones and allowing the world to see him in his most vulnerable state.

"My coach is giving lessons, people are playing, I mean, you could see. And what they don't tell you is that the makeup artist stands, literally, like, right in front of you," Koopka said.

"The entire time the shoot is going on. So, it's like, I don't know, it's getting late in the day, we're getting kind of tired, but it's cooled down a little bit. It's like, 60 degrees (15 degrees celsius) and it's starting to sprinkle. It's getting cold."

The 29-year-old said he then made the grave mistake of mentioning how cold it was to the make-up artist standing right in front of him.

Her response was priceless.

"The lady hasn't said anything all day, and she just blurts out, "I can tell."

Koepka is currently recovering from a knee complaint, making the rescheduling of The Masters to November as something of a godsend.

The American was joint-runner up at Augusta in 2019 - a tournament famous for completing Tiger Woods' fairytale comeback as a major champion.

Tiger’s last Masters triumph ‘going to be in people's minds forever’

Woods walked off the 18th green as a Masters champion for the fifth time, a major champion for the 15th time, and the sensation was unlike anything he had ever felt.

More memorable than any shot - the 8-iron that trickled by the hole at the 16th was the decisive blow - was the purposeful stride toward his son, grabbing Charlie with both arms, lifting the boy and turning from side to side.

His mother was next. His daughter. His loyal support staff. And then a lineup of players outside the clubhouse, some of them in green jackets. They had been upstairs in the locker room reserved for champions, yet they shared a feeling with the entire golf world.

Memories gave way to reality.

"That's going to be in people's minds forever," Rickie Fowler said last month, just two days before the Masters was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I had just an amazing amount of emails and texts that were flowing in," Woods said in a conference call leading up to the Masters.

"But I was more surprised by the amount of videos of people watching the Masters and seeing their reaction when I hit the shot on 16 or when I made the putt, whether it was on airplanes or in airports or restaurants.

"The amount of emotion that people were showing, that's what blew my mind."

That's what made this Masters different from his other four, this major different from the other 14.

Adam Scott doesn't usually stick around when he's finished with a major. One exception was in 2006 after the US Open at Winged Foot when he was headed for the airport and turned around when close friend and fellow Australian Geoff Ogilvy emerged the winner.

He finished Sunday at Augusta National about the time all hell broke loose at Amen Corner.

"You got a sense, as he was kind of taking the lead on the back nine, that something special could be happening," Scott said.

"There was a lot of guys watching in the champion's locker room and I stayed and watched. You don't often get that group of people together very often. You just had that sense it's a significant moment in the sport again."

with AAP