‘LIV Member’ Kepka "Major Victory"... ‘4.2 Billion Won Jackpot’ (Summary)

PGA Championship Final Day 3-Under Par 2-Stroke Victory
5th Major and 9th Career Win Including 3rd Tournament Win
Schauffele and Hovland Tied for 2nd, McIlroy 7th

‘Major Hunter’ Brooks Koepka (USA) collected the Wanamaker Trophy.

‘LIV member’ Koepka finished the final round of the major tournament PGA Championship (total prize money $17.5 million) held on the 21st (local time) at Oak Hill Country Club (par 70, 7,394 yards) in Rochester, New York, USA, with a 3-under-par, securing a 2-stroke victory (9-under-par 271). This marks his 5th major win in 4 years since the PGA Championship in May 2019, his 9th PGA Tour win in total after 2 years and 3 months since the WM Phoenix Open in February 2021, and the winner’s prize money is $3.15 million (approximately 4.18 billion KRW).

Brooks Koepka is cheering after securing the PGA Championship victory. [Rochester (USA) = AFP·Yonhap News]

Koepka joined LIV Golf, which launched last year, and won the 7th tournament in October of the same year and the 3rd tournament in April this year. Koepka became the first LIV player to taste the joy of winning a major tournament. In the PGA Championship, he ranks tied for 4th in most wins alongside Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead (3 wins each), behind Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus (5 wins each), and Tiger Woods (4 wins). Koepka also wiped away the disappointment of finishing as runner-up at last month’s ‘Masters’.

Koepka started the final round with a 1-stroke lead, recording 7 birdies and 4 bogeys. He gained momentum with 3 consecutive birdies from holes 2 to 4 but was slowed down by consecutive bogeys on holes 6 and 7. After a birdie on the 10th hole (par 4), he lost a stroke with a bogey on the 11th hole (par 3), then showed strong finishing power with 3 birdies on holes 12, 14, and 16. On the 16th hole (par 4), Viktor Hovland (Norway), who was chasing by 1 stroke, collapsed with a double bogey, allowing Koepka to extend his lead to 4 strokes. Although Koepka made a bogey on the 17th hole (par 4), it did not affect his victory.

World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler (USA) surged with a 5-under-par round to jump to a tie for 2nd place (7-under-par 273). Hovland, also tied for 2nd, and ‘Hulk’ Bryson DeChambeau (USA) were among three players tied for 4th place (3-under-par 277) who performed well. World No. 3 Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) finished tied for 7th (2-under-par 278), and Cameron Smith (Australia) tied for 9th (1-under-par 279). Lee Kyoung-hoon tied for 29th (5-over-par 285), World No. 1 Jon Rahm (Spain) tied for 50th (7-under-par 287), and Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson (both USA) finished tied for 58th (10-over-par 290).

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