Focused on ensuring an unfortunate conclusion to the 2023 Masters was not repeated a month later at Oak Hill Country Club, 54-hole leader Brooks Koepka remained steady and efficient on his way to winning the 2023 PGA Championship on Sunday by twice over Viktor Hovland. .
The victory is Koepka’s (-10) first in a major since the 2019 PGA Championship. It marks a return to form for one of the game’s brightest stars, who had been plagued by knee injuries and began to question the future of the sport in recent years.
Koepka shot back-to-back 6-66s to pace the star-studded field over the weekend, adding a 67 on Sunday to join Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the third golfer to win three or more PGA Championships at the it was from the stroke game. He also becomes the fifth player to win as many PGAs and at least two US Opens, joining Woods, Nicklaus, Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen.
Although Koepka has seven top-10 finishes in the 13 majors he played since that 2019 PGA victory, he finished no better than 55th with two missed cuts in the four majors last season. To start 2023 with a pair of first-two finishes at the Masters and the PGA, there’s no doubt Koepka is back to his old self with plenty of golf to play this season.
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