Gary Woodland found himself drawn in the ‘Koekpa-Gate’ after an incident involving Brooks Koepka’s caddy who many say breached the Rules of Golf in ‘mouthing’ a club used by Koepka in advising Woodland’s caddy during the opening round of the Masters.

SKY Sports Paul McGinley is adamant fellow Irishman Ricky Elliott insisting: ““Well it’s very obvious. Anybody looking at those pictures, it’s very obvious what happens. It’s staggering that they’ve denied it, because the video evidence is there. Look, I know Ricky very well. He’s a smashing guy. He’s a great guy. This is common practice on Tour. Whether you like it or not, it’s common practice. It happens in every professional tournament around the world. It’s not obvious always, so blatant.”

Fellow TV analyst Brad Faxon also go involved in the on-going controversy saying: “The rule says you’re not allowed to ask for, or give, advice. It’s pretty clear cut, and the rule of club selection, caddies and allowing players to look in their bags. I played in times where caddies would cover the bags with their towels, but he did say five, that was clear!”

Woodland signed for a second round level par 72 to remain at four-under-par and then found himself facing the Masters media.

Here’s how the questions to the former US Open champion unfolde.

Q. There’s a lot of stirring controversy about what happened yesterday. You saw what happened yesterday. From your standpoint, could you give us what your  are?

GARY WOODLAND: At the end of the day, Brooks hit his shot on 15. I ased Butchy if he saw what he hit. He said no. Luckily for us because Brooks ended up hitting 5-iron. I hit 5-iron. I asked Butchy what the club was, and he said it’s a choked-up perfect 5.

I hit my shot. When we were walking down, I asked Brooks what he hit, and he said 5. If I would have known that, I probably would have hit 6-iron, and I would have hit 6-iron in the middle of the water. Luckily for me, I didn’t know what he hit. That’s the end of it.

Q. Are you surprised the life this has taken on?

GARY WOODLAND: Not much. They told us inside it was taking a big life. At the end of the day, I didn’t hear anything or I didn’t see anything. My caddie didn’t hear anything or see anything either.

Q. How common a practice is that would you say, caddies exchanging information in terms of club selection?

GARY WOODLAND: Usually the caddies are telling the media or TV guys. The TV guys, the boom guys are out every hole, and they’re usually telling them, so it’s easy to pick it up from there. I don’t know if there was a boom guy or not. I have no idea.

Q. Are you saying Augusta didn’t talk with you guys?

GARY WOODLAND: They did. They talked to us when we got done. They told us it was getting to be a big deal. That’s why they brought us in and showed us all the angles. At the end of the day, Butchy didn’t see anything or hear anything. That’s where we left it.

Q. What’s your thought on that rule, that somebody can —

GARY WOODLAND: I get it. You’re out here — I don’t think anybody is trying to get an advantage from anybody at the end of the day. We’re all trying to beat each other. It was an unfortunate situation. Like I said, I didn’t see anything, didn’t hear anything. Lucky for me, I didn’t because I would have hit 6-iron if I’d have known he hit 5-iron.

Q. The actual rule itself doesn’t really seem like it’s — everybody is hitting different clubs at different distances.

GARY WOODLAND: For sure.

Q. Is that a necessary rule in your opinion?

GARY WOODLAND: Everybody’s different. Brooks and I, we hit it the same distance. For us, D.J., there’s a bunch of guys that we can club off each other pretty easy on par-3s. You’re walking with his bag. When he’s 15 yards behind me and we hit it the same distance, I ended up hitting the same club. I wouldn’t have hit the same club if I knew he hit 5-iron.