Brooks Koepka wins LIV Golf occasion in lead as much as PGA Championship title protection

One in every of golf’s most dominant main performers is heating up — and at simply the proper time.

Brooks Koepka received LIV Golf Singapore on Sunday, firing a final-round three-under 68 to complete 15 below, two strokes ahead of Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman.

It’s Koepka’s fourth LIV title, probably the most of any participant. As for his subsequent begin? The 2024 PGA Championship, the place Koepka is the defending champion, begins in simply 11 days.

“It’s all beginning to come round,” Koepka stated. “I’ve put in numerous work. I really feel like on the golf course, off the golf course, it’s been a very good two weeks, to say the least. Take per week off after which grinding fairly onerous with [coach] Claude [Harmon III] over the previous couple of days, I believed that was crucial. Form of began to see it flip perhaps Wednesday, Thursday of Adelaide, so to see it repay right here is big.”

After a Forty fifth-place end on the Masters, Koepka tied for ninth at LIV Golf’s cease in Australia final week. His improved play carried over to Singapore, the place he jumped into rivalry with a bogey-free 64 on Saturday.

He stated within the lead as much as final week’s match he might see his ball-striking coming round.

“If I don’t see it come out of the proper window I sort of battle. However it was good to see it begin the place I needed it and the ball was shifting in the proper route,” he stated. “I sort of didn’t know if it was going to fade or draw for a few month there. However I simply received into unhealthy habits. It’s all the identical factor. We’ve simply received to return to the fundamentals with me. Enjoying in wind all 12 months, the ball simply received moved again and that was about it. I depend actually onerous on Claude and [caddie] Ricky [Elliott] to actually simply take note of the elemental stuff.”

It was additionally Koepka’s first victory with each his spouse, Jena, and their son, Crew, on-site. Crew was born in July 2023.

“It’s such a cool feeling. It’s nice to have them right here,” Koepka stated. “I completed higher than fortieth or Forty fifth, like the previous couple of occasions he’s been there. At the least he received to see me do one thing a bit higher than that.”

LIV Golf is off this coming week, however a handful of LIV gamers, Koepka included, will journey to Valhalla Golf Membership in Louisville, Ky., for the PGA Championship on Might 16-19.

Koepka has already received three PGA titles (and 5 majors complete), and because the defending champ he’ll be one of many betting favorites for the second main of the 12 months.

One other storyline to look at is that if the top betting favorite will be there as nicely. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and his spouse, Meredith, expect their first youngster any day, and Scheffler didn’t decide to subsequent week’s Wells Fargo Championship. It’s unclear when his subsequent begin might be.

Josh Berhow

Golf.com Editor

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