Tag: Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka Talks up Zach Johnson About Ryder Cup

You never know who you’ll bump into on the first tee at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Brooks Koepka—along with Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Smith—played a practice round Monday with Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson, and the topic of this year’s Ryder Cup just happened to come up. Koepka called his conversations with Johnson “interesting.” At…


Chaos Rules the Day as US Open Comes to the Glitz of LA

LOS ANGELES—Brooks Koepka says he enjoys the chaos and there’s no shortage of that in this U.S. Open, even for those who manage to avoid the traffic. Players are still trying to digest the blockbuster announcement of the PGA Tour ending a legal and moral battle with LIV Golf by becoming partners with the Saudi…


Brooks Koepka Delivers Another Major Performance to Win PGA

PITTSFORD, N.Y.—All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf’s elite were put to rest Sunday, May 21, at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title. Determined as ever to restore his reputation as the player…


Brooks Koepka Powers Ahead at Waterlogged PGA Championship

PITTSFORD, N.Y. —Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka led the field with a 4–under-par 66 for the second straight day to take control at the PGA Championship at a rain-drenched Oak Hill Country Club on Saturday. Koepka carded five birdies and just one bogey on a day when only nine players broke par. The LIV Golf…


Scheffler Tied for Lead in PGA as Oak Hill Delivers a New Challenge

PITTSFORD, N.Y.—Sweaters one day, umbrellas the next. No one is sure what to expect at this PGA Championship except that Scottie Scheffler is locked in at another major and Oak Hill is a mighty test. Scheffler delivered a mix of birdies and great recoveries from wet, nasty rough Friday until he couldn’t escape one last…


Golf-Liv Golf Contingent Leave Mark on Masters Leaderboard

  AUGUSTA, Georgia—Nobody from the LIV Golf contingent at this year’s Masters were able to slip into the Green Jacket, but a few players from the controversial Saudi-backed circuit left an indelible mark on the leaderboard at Augusta National on Sunday. Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, two of LIV’s…


Jon Rahm Pulls Away to Claim First Masters Title

Spain’s Jon Rahm shot a 3–under-par 69 in the final round to earn his first Masters championship on a long Sunday, April 9, at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open winner, collected his second major championship by finishing at 12–under 276 for a four-stroke victory. Brooks Koepka, who had…


Brooks Koepka Maintains Lead at the Masters—Play Suspended

AUGUSTA, Ga.—The notion that players who joined LIV Golf would risk being sharp and properly prepared for the majors doesn’t apply to Brooks Koepka. It never really mattered how much or how well Koepka was playing. The majors always seemed to bring out his best. Based on two rounds at the Masters, they still do….


Koepka Living Large at Masters, Leads With Rahm and Hovland

AUGUSTA, Ga.—Brooks Koepka carved out a new identity that sure looked familiar Thursday, April 6, in the Masters. This wasn’t about his surprising defection last year to LIV Golf, or even his victory four days ago that made him the Saudi-funded circuit’s first multiple winner. He just looked like “Big Game Brooks,” the player who…


Koepka Overcomes Uihlein on 3rd Playoff Hole for LIV Win

KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia—Brooks Koepka holed his birdie putt on the third playoff hole to win the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah on Sunday and claim his first victory on the breakaway tour. Little could separate Koepka from close friend and American compatriot Peter Uihlein all weekend and they matched each other birdie for birdie…