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Winning a golf tournament is rarely easy, a major more so. Brooks Koepka set scoring records all week on mighty Bethpage Black during this PGA Championship and after a birdie at the 10th on Sunday he stood on the tee at #11 with a 6 shot lead over Dustin Johnson
However Mother Nature had made a late arrival bringing her blustery wind with her.
He proceeded to make 4 straight bogey's while DJ rolled in 2 birdies and suddenly his monumental lead was down to one.
His "walk in the Bethpage park" had become a struggle to make it home.
However everyone else was struggling in the conditions as well, including DJ who proceeded to bogey 15 and 16 giving Koepka back a 3 shot advantage which was just as well when he made another bogey at the 17th.
He gathered himself though, managed a par at the last and signed for a weeks worst +4 74. but still good enough at -8 for a two shot record breaking win, his 4th major in 8 starts, the first guy to ever win back to back US Opens and PGA Championships.
Dustin Johnson was 2nd at the Masters, now again at this PGA Championship. In fact he has now finished 2nd at all 4 majors.
Other notables like Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, Matt Kuchar and Adam Scott all had top 10 finishes.
Adam Hadwin T29 72 70 70 73 +5, Corey Connors T64 72 72 76 71 +11 despite leading the field in driving stats after the first round. His putting was nearly last.
Koepka who has honed his magnificent game on courses and in conditions around the world, on the European Challenge Tour before graduating to the European Tour has now come full cycle and at 29 is ranked the #1 player in the world.
Bryan Angus
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