If we’ve learned one thing about Brooks Koepka over the years, it’s you don’t want to get on the wrong side of the young American golfer — especially when there’s an historic three-peat on the line!
If we’ve learned one thing about Brooks Koepka over the years, it’s you don’t want to get on the wrong side of the young American golfer — especially when there’s an historic three-peat on the line! Yet that’s what the host venue for this year’s PGA Championship, the TPC Harding Park course in San Francisco, appeared to do during Saturday’s third round with Koepka enduring a horror show stretch of three consecutive bogeys — a sequence that may well have crushed the spirits and morale of many a golfer out there. Let’s be very clear about just what’s at stake this week in California. Koepka is looking to become the first man to win the same major on three consecutive occasions since Peter Thomson triumphed at the Open Championship from 1954-56. UPDATED STAT–> Since 2016, Brooks Koepka is 74 under par in Majors… The next closest? Jordan Spieth at 22 under. pic.twitter.com/SP52LS5v7w— PGA News Feed (@PGANewsFeed) August 6, 2020 Read More The 30-year-old’s response to adversity was just typical of a man who’s made no secret of the fact winning majors is the very lifeblood of his game. And nobody knows that better than his compatriot Dustin Johnson who’s at nine-under par for the tournament and will take a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round and currently has a two-shot advantage over Koepka. The seemingly nerveless Floridian, a ferocious competitor at the best of times, hit back in style to close with two birdies in his last three holes for a round of 69 in the process sending a very clear message to his rivals out there. One about as clear as the wink he gave towards the TV cameras the moment he sank that putt at 18. Now Koepka is famed for his mental fortitude. He simply never lacks for confidence and he’s seldom slow in very publicly throwing down the gauntlet to his rivals. Brooks Koepka of the United States is well-placed for a successful defense of his PGA Championship crown as he starts the final round in San Francisco just two shots adrift of leader Dustin Johnson. Johnson — whose sole major title to date came at the 2016 US Open at Oakmont – is a former workout buddy of Koepka’s having pushed his fellow American all the way during last year’s PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in New York before ultimately falling short.
