‘Major hunter’ Brooks Koepka (USA) won LIV Golf’s first major tournament.
Koepka tied 7 birdies and 4 bogeys in the final round of the PGA Championship (total prize money of $17.5 million), the second major tournament of the season held at Oak Hill Country Club (par 70) in Rochester, New York, USA on the 22nd (Korean time). He shot an under par 67.
Koepka, who recorded a final total of 9 under par 271 strokes, beat the runner-up group by two strokes to reach the top. 5 wins in major tournaments. He recorded his first major win at the 2017 US Open. In 2018, he succeeded in defending the US Open title, as well as winning the PGA Championship, and in 2019 also achieved two consecutive victories at the PGA Championship.
I’ve had difficulties since. He underwent surgery for a knee injury. Even at the time of his transfer to LIV Golf, Koepka confessed that it was because of his knee injury and his family. Because of the surgery, I need more rest time to continue to play.
Koepka, who entered the final round with a one stroke lead, made three consecutive birdies on holes 2 through 4. Although he committed consecutive bogeys on holes 6 and 7, he did not waver. In the 10th and 12th holes, he recorded birdie, bogey, birdie in a row, and he eliminated the birdie in the 14th hole (par 4). After recording birdies and bogeys on holes 16 (par 4) and 17 (par 4), he finished the last hole with a par and kept his lead.
He was the first LIV golf player to win a major championship. US Golf Digest said, “Some would call this a win for LIV Golf, but Koepka became the first player to win three PGA Championships.”
“I’m back. I’m here,메이저사이트” Koepka said. “I feel really good. It’s really special. It’s the most meaningful thing to me in the last few years. If I hadn’t lost at the Masters, I wouldn’t have won today. I’m in New York. I love you. I treated you pretty well. I will come back anytime.”
‘PGA’ Scotty Scheffler (USA) reduced 5 strokes on the day and took the joint runner-up with Viktor Hovlan (Norway) with an interim total of 7 under par 273 strokes. Lee Kyung-hoon, the only Korean player to pass the cut, tied for 29th with a final total of 5 over par 285.