FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ Golf holds its revered champions so near and dear that they are known solely by their first names: Arnie, Jack, Tiger, Phil, Rory, even Jordan. It's time to make room for Brooks.
Brooks Koepka has earned tons of respect with his four major titles, the most recent coming the hard way on the rough back nine of Bethpage Black Sunday afternoon. What the PGA champion deserves now is some love.
Maybe his stumbles down the stretch will help, by making him more of a sympathetic figure. Anyway, the man who put his arms around the Wanamaker Trophy on the 18th green merits having public opinion put its arms around him. He is a good guy as well as a great golfer. It is high time he got credit for both.
