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Adam Schupak

No St. Patrick’s Day luck of the Irish for Brooks Koepka, just a ‘stress-free’ 67 to start the Valspar Championship

PALM HARBOR, Fla. – When his tee shot splashed into the water last Saturday at the iconic par-3 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass for the second time in three hours, Brooks Koepka could only laugh.

“Bad luck,” he said.

Gary Player famously said it’s better to be lucky than good. But on St. Patrick’s Day, Koepka said good fortune still wasn’t by his side despite having Northern Irishman Ricky Elliott on the bag.

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