Brooks Koepka is an American professional golfer who plays LIV Golf.
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29 Facts About Brooks Koepka
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Brooks Koepka won the US Open in 2017 and 2018, and the PGA Championship in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first golfer in history to hold back-to-back titles in two majors simultaneously.
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Brooks Koepka started his career on the European Challenge Tour and eventually the European Tour.
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Brooks Koepka successfully defended his title in 2018 at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, the first golfer to win consecutive US Opens since Curtis Strange in 1988 and 1989.
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Brooks Koepka won his third major at the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club, shooting a major-championship-record-tying 264 over 72 holes.
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Brooks Koepka won his fourth major at the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black.
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Brooks Koepka played college golf at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he won three events and was a three-time All-American.
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Brooks Koepka followed this a month later with his third win, the Fred Olsen Challenge de Espana, where he set the tournament record, 260, and won by a record 10 strokes.
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Brooks Koepka made his debut as a member of the European Tour at the Scottish Open, finishing T12.
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Brooks Koepka was 15th at the PGA Championship, and was nominated for the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.
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At the 2015 Open Championship, Brooks Koepka improved every day and a final round 68 vaulted him into a tie for 10th at the Old Course at St Andrews.
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Brooks Koepka then tied for 6th at the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and tied for 5th at the 2015 PGA Championship.
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Brooks Koepka finished tied for 4th at the 2016 PGA Championship.
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In 2017, Brooks Koepka won his first major championship by claiming the US Open title at Erin Hills, Wisconsin.
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Brooks Koepka's win tied him for the record of the lowest US Open score at 16 under.
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Brooks Koepka recovered to successfully defend his US Open title at Shinnecock Hills, becoming the first player since Curtis Strange in 1989 to win consecutive US Open titles, which has occurred only seven times.
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Brooks Koepka won his third major at the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club to become only the fifth player, and the first since Tiger Woods in 2000, to win the US Open and the PGA titles in the same year.
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At the 2018 Ryder Cup, an errant tee shot by Brooks Koepka struck a female spectator and caused a globe rupture of her right eye resulting in her losing vision in that eye.
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On October 21,2018, Brooks Koepka won the CJ Cup, and the win moved him to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking.
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On May 19,2019, Brooks Koepka won the 2019 PGA Championship, the first to successfully defend the PGA Championship since Tiger Woods in 2007.
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Brooks Koepka won the PGA of America Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year.
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Brooks Koepka was plagued by hip and knee pains for the majority of the season and, in August 2020, withdrew from competition prior to the FedEx Cup playoffs.
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In February 2021, Brooks Koepka won the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona.
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Brooks Koepka overcame a five-shot deficit on the final day, with a 6-under-par 65.
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In May 2021, Brooks Koepka finished in a tie for second place at the 2021 PGA Championship.
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