Plenty of people have taken to social media to congratulate Brooks Koepka on his latest major triumph, from Jack Nicklaus to Donald Trump. Yes, in a sea of Monday tweets on Omarosa, the FBI and Russia, President Trump praised golf’s ‘man of steel’ on capturing the 100th PGA Championship. Brooks Koepka just won his third […]
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ST. LOUIS – Brooks Koepka’s career year almost ended before it even began. At the 2018 kickoff event at Kapalua, Koepka opened with rounds of 78-74-78-75, finished 37 shots behind world No. 1 Dustin Johnson, in dead last, and felt throbbing pain in his left wrist. For months, doctors struggled to identify the problem before […]
Tiger Woods appears on the verge of making his return to the Ryder Cup as a player, a development that would cause captain Jim Furyk to reshuffle his support squad. Woods hasn’t played in the biennial matches since 2012, and he was added by Furyk as a vice captain in February. But coming off a […]
With the automatic qualifying window for the U.S. Ryder Cup team officially closed, the attention now turns to captain Jim Furyk. Furyk officially welcomed the eight automatic qualifiers to his 12-man roster for next month’s matches in Paris, and his homework is about to ramp up as he looks to round out the team with […]
Brooks Koepka held off Tiger Woods and Adam Scott to win his third major title. Take a look inside his bag. Driver: TaylorMade M3 (9.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX shaft Fairway Wood: TaylorMade M2 Tour HL (16.5 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX shaft Irons: Nike Vapor Fly Pro (3-iron), with […]
Tiger Woods couldn’t catch Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship, but he continued his run back up the Official World Golf Ranking with a second-place finish at Bellerive. For the former world No. 1, it marks his highest spot in the ranking since December of 2014. Entering the Hero World Challenge last December, Woods was […]
Rest easy, golf fans – there are only 241 days until the next major. Once the final putt dropped at Bellerive and Brooks Koepka left St. Louis with the Wanamaker Trophy, the oddsmakers at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook were quick to install betting odds for the Masters. Wagering will pick up in the coming […]
Brooks Koepka won his second major of the season at the PGA Championship and was well compensated for his efforts. Here’s a look at how the purse was paid out at Bellerive: 1 Brooks Koepka -16 $1,980,000 2 Tiger Woods -14 $1,188,000 3 Adam Scott -13 $748,000 T4 Stewart Cink -11 $489,250 T4 Jon Rahm […]
It’s the last tournament of the PGA Tour’s regular season as the top 125 in the FedExCup points list advance to next week’s playoff event. Here’s the key info for the Wyndham Championship. (Click here for tee times) How to watch: Thursday, Rd. 1: Golf Channel, 3-6PM ET; live stream: http://www.golfchannel.com/pgastream Friday, Rd. 2: Golf Channel, […]
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Cole Hammer is in position to go for a rare sweep in this summer’s biggest events. Two weeks ago, Hammer, an incoming freshman at Texas, was the co-medalist at the Western Amateur and went on to take the match-play portion, as well. Here at the U.S. Amateur, Hammer shot rounds of […]