In 2019, the week Brooks Koepka would lead wire-to-wire at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black and capture a fourth major title in 23 months, he broke down why he believed he’d become the most dominant player on golf’s biggest stages.
“(There are) 156 in the field,” he said, “so you figure at least 80 of them I’m just going to beat. From there you figure about half of them won’t play well. So you’re down to about maybe 35. And then from 35, some of them just. … pressure is going to get to them. It only leaves you with a few more, and you’ve just got to beat those guys.”
Koepka recently has become one of those guys others “I’m just going to beat.” A non-factor in this year’s majors and rarely in contention in the last year, Koepka, whether because of injuries, the distraction of planning a wedding or maybe just being past his peak, is leaving the PGA Tour to join Greg Norman’s LIV Golf Series.
