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Five things to know about Jena Sims Koepka as her husband Brooks Koepka chased his first Masters win

Golfweek caught up with Jena on Sunday for a chat.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jena Sims Koepka emerged from the clubhouse for the final round of the 87th Masters wearing a cozy green dress and light-colored shoes she was keen to keep out of the mud. After a brutally wet, cold and windy Saturday, patrons were spoiled by sunshine for what was sure to be a final-round duel between major champions Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka.

The couple met for the first time at the 2015 Masters and were married last summer in Turks and Caicos with an afterparty performance from rapper Ludacris.

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Golfweek caught up with Jena on Sunday to chat about the couple’s episode in the Netflix’s ‘Full Swing” series, her quest to be part of the SI Swimsuit franchise and Brooks’ march toward a fifth major:

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Meet the European Ryder Cup team’s wives and families

There’s plenty of bonding at the biennial event, and not just among the players.

Certainly, the team aspect of the Ryder Cup makes this a spectacle like none other in golf, and while the teams get an opportunity to bond in atypical style, so do the wives and girlfriends, who are often in the spotlight during the biennial event.

Scottie Scheffler, eager to make his first appearance for the U.S. team in this week’s tournament at Whistling Straits, explained during Tuesday’s press conference how important spouses and partners can be.

“The wives and girlfriends are really involved, which I think is fun,” Scheffler said. “I think with everybody’s wives being there it’s very comfortable for everybody just to be in the team room hanging out, wives, girlfriends all getting to know each other as well as — I would say that’s probably better — the wives and girlfriends get to know each other because they don’t see each other on a daily basis, because we do.

“I’ve seen these 11 guys at the same events for the past two years, so I know all of them pretty well, but our wives don’t necessarily know each other.”

With the first tee shot fast approaching, here’s a look at the wives and families of the 2021 European Ryder Cup team. (Significant others for Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick and Bernd Wiesberger were not included.)