Brooks Koepka
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| Personnel | |
| Nation: |
 United States
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| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 2012 |
| Current tour: | PGA TOUR |
| Tournament wins: | 14th |
| Major wins : | 4 (2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Awards: |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award (2014) PGA Player of the Year (2018) |
Brooks Koepka (born May 9, 1990 in West Palm Beach , Florida , USA ) is an American professional golfer who mainly plays on the PGA Tour . His greatest successes include four wins in major tournaments and reaching the top position in the golf world rankings in October 2018.
Life
Koepka grew up in Palm Beach County on the Atlantic coast of Florida and played golf as an amateur at Florida State University in Tallahassee .
His younger brother Chase Koepka is also a professional golfer.
Career
In 2012 he started as a professional on the European Challenge Tour , where he won his first professional tournament in September 2012. With two further victories in 2013, Koepka earned the right to play on the European Tour . He has been on the American PGA Tour since 2014. In 2017 Koepka achieved his first victory in a major with his victory at the US Open . After being sidelined for a wrist operation in early 2018, he defended his US Open title in the summer and then won his third major title with the PGA Championship . On October 22, 2018, by winning the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, he achieved first place in the golf world rankings , which he held for two weeks. On May 19, 2019, he won his fourth major title by defending his title at the PGA Championship and returned to the top of the world rankings.
For the USA he played the Ryder Cup in 2016 and 2018 and the Presidents Cup in 2017 .
During 2018 Ryder Cup Brooks Koepka pulled a tee. The golf ball hit a spectator in the face, who then went blind in one eye.
Tournament wins (14)
- 2012 Challenge de Catalunya (Challenge Tour)
- 2013 Montecchia Golf Open (Challenge Tour), Fred Olsen Challenge de España (Challenge Tour), Scottish Hydro Challenge (Challenge Tour)
- 2014 Turkish Airlines Open (European Tour), Waste Management Phoenix Open (PGA Tour)
- 2016 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Japan Tour)
- 2017 Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (Japan Tour), US Open
- 2018 US Open , PGA Championship
- 2019 CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, PGA Championship , WGC Fedex St. Jude Invitational (PGA Tour)
Major championships are in bold .
Results at major championships
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Masters | T33 | T21 | T11 | T2 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T70 | T15 | T5 | T4 | T13 | 1 | 1 | |
| US Open | Cut | T4 | T18 | T13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Open Championship | Cut | T67 | T10 | T6 | T39 | T4 |
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup (for the USA): 2016 (winner), 2018
- Presidents Cup (for the USA): 2017 (winner)
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120523081657/http://www.seminoles.com/sports/m-golf/mtt/koepka_brooks00.html
- ↑ RP Online: Koepka wins 100th PGA Championship
- ↑ Golfpost.de After Koepka-Drive at the Ryder Cup: spectator blind in one eye
Web link
- Player profile on the European Tour
- Tournament results of the last two years on the Official World Golf Ranking Website (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Koepka, Brooks |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Palm Beach |