Brooks Koepka survives a 4-over 74 on Sunday for a two-shot victory, and joins Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of the PGA Championship since it went to stroke play in 1958.
FARMINGDALE, N. Y. – Brooks Koepka took his place in PGA Championship history with a victory, minus the style points.
In a raging wind that turned Bethpage Black into a beast, Koepka lost all but one shot of his record seven-shot lead Sunday. He lost the brutal Long Island crowd, which began chanting “DJ!” for Dustin Johnson as Koepka was on his way to a fourth straight bogey.
But he delivered the key shots over the closing stretch as Johnson faded with two straight bogeys, closed with a 4-over 74 for a two-shot victory and joined Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of the PGA Championship since it went to stroke play in 1958.
Koepka said at the start of the week that majors are sometimes the easiest to win.
This one should have been. It wasn’t.
His 74 was the highest final round by a PGA champion in 15 years.
