If you thought the story of the week at Royal St George’s, the first Open Championship in nearly two years, was going to be golf, then you know very little about golf.
It was Koepka’s sixth consecutive under-par round at the US Open – he missed last year’s event at Winged Foot with a knee injury – which ties Sam Snead’s all-time record.
While there’s been some concern that having the two men play together for rounds one and two at Torrey Pines would devolve into a fracas, allegedly the USGA actually considered the possibility. At least, according to Brad Faxon.
A 50-year-old man, who came into the week on a miserable run of results, won the PGA Championship on the longest golf course in Major-championship history.
One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain. That was certainly true for Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka as they were swallowed by the masses on the 18th hole Sunday at Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course
The two-time PGA winner is still in rehab and recovering from surgery on his right knee on March 16 to repair a dislocated kneecap and ligament damage.
A month removed from his Masters disappointment, the 31-year-old four-time Major champion is in much better spirits – and health – as he makes his return to competition at this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson.
Australian Golf Digest
