Koepka insists he's a different player now. He reportedly received about $100 million in guaranteed earnings from the Saudi Arabian-financed circuit. He acknowledged that the injury was one of the reasons he left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf in June. Of course, that was before Koepka suffered a debilitating knee injury that required surgery in 2021. The bad news for Hovland, Conners and the rest of the field? In the four previous instances in which Koepka was the 54-hole leader or co-leader at a major, he won three times, at the U.S. You can play good, you'll play bad, but I'll never have that mindset or that won't ever be the reason (he doesn't win)." But that doesn't mean that you can't go play bad. "Like I said, I won't do it again the rest of my career. "Learning what I learned at Augusta kind of helped ," Koepka said. Earlier this week, he called it "choking." He had a 2-stroke lead entering the final round but was never able to get anything going. Open, actually had a 4-shot lead when play resumed in the third round of the weather-delayed Masters in April. Koepka, a two-time winner of both the PGA Championship and U.S. It'll be completely different and we'll see where it puts me." "I promise I won't show up like tomorrow," Koepka told CBS after Saturday's round. So what will Koepka do differently to try and capture his fifth major championship and become the first player from the LIV Golf League to win one? The last time Brooks Koepka had a lead entering the final round of a major championship, he shot a 3-over 75 on Sunday at the 2023 Masters and tied for second behind winner Jon Rahm.Īfter posting a second straight 4-under 66 in the third round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Saturday, Koepka has the outright lead at 6 under, 1 stroke better than Norway's Viktor Hovland and Canada's Corey Conners. PGA Championship: Koepka leads, Block steals the show and more You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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