As he has done for most of his professional career, Brooks Koepka did exactly what he wanted Sunday at the PGAChamp A glacial front nine and a heated back nine. BFQuinn on how it came to be:
Everything that happened at Oak Hill this weekend occurred according to Koepka’s schedule. It’s been a while since he could say that and, in some ways, it felt appropriate for a player whose road back from near-oblivion rarely went as planned. At the darkest times, it seemed his playing days might befall an end known by an unfortunate company of injured greats. Such a fate would’ve been cruel. He is, without question, one of the finest players in modern golf history.
“It’s like, I got a taste of it, right?” Koepka said then of bygone success. “And now it’s all I want. It’s all I want.”Sunday evening, standing next to the Wanamaker Trophy, he was asked about it. Back in the day, Koepka would’ve been an unquestioned favorite heading into Sunday. But these are different days. Last month at Augusta National, Koepka announced his return to form by leading the Masters after both the second and third rounds. That ended, though, with a fourth-round 75 and a congratulatory handshake offered to Jon Rahm.
Hovland was still alive. So was Scottie Scheffler and others. Cameron Smith was blitzing the course and going low. These guys, they’ve emerged on the scene as Koepka receded from it. This wasn’t lost on Team Koepka.“You only need an average six months out here and, as everybody is right now, guys will just fly by you,” Elliott said. “If you’re not winning, you’re not really relevant, are you?”
This is why Koepka looked unchanged, whether rolling in a birdie putt on No. 10, or leaving a tee shot two clubs short on the par-3 11th, or rolling in another birdie on No. 12. He played his round and often walked alone, leaving a path of well-pressed footprints and dip spit. That dynamic is, at this point, unavoidable when it comes to Koepka. He’s now the first LIV player to win a major, and it’s irrevocably part of his story.
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