Brooks Koepka Leads PGA Championship Heading Into Round 2

[Ricboff]

i was thinking of Van de Velde watching this !! haha.....

 

[flashmo]

His great uncle is Dick Groat

 

[REDEYE]

If you don't like major championship golf , you don't like yourself..

 

[Seymour]

we NEARLY saw the greatest meltdown in Golf HISTORY. In its history, no one has blown a 7 shot lead. He had 8 holes to go!!!!! All of a sudden couldnt hit a fairway, his walk changed.... was missing 4 footers. Brooks' head was spinning. The mental side of golf is huge. The two greatest to play the game over the last 50 yrs were mental fuckin wariors in Jack and Tiger

When DJ got it to -8 i was thinknig just post that number and you may likely win or playoff. Damn, if he posts -8 i think he wins. That up and down for par at 18 would have been a whole lot different for Brooks.!!!!!

Unfucking believable back 9. Koepka nearly shot 40!!!!!...........what a fuckin' sport.




Congrats to Koepka!!!!!!!!

DJ had 4 rounds in the 60's and lost, wow

Not disagreeing with u but in the middle of the round 25 mph winds developed and the scores starting going wild - and that par on 18 was pretty clutch

 

[JackStraw77]

I don't think it's unrealistic to see someone like Koepka approach 9-10 range in majors before he turns 40. He's only 29. If he stays healthy the sky's the limit. It's harder to do now than in the Tiger era with so many great golfers but this guy is on his way. Everyone expected Rory and Jordan to go on a tear but somehow Brooks seems different. He is more focused. Just like Tiger was at his peak. He did blow up at the Masters but to come back and make amends in the PGA shows nothing bothers him. The 5th major starts to separate him from the current top players on tour. It's between Rory and Brooks to see who gets there first.

 

[Ricboff]

Brooks blew up at The Masters? how so?

he TRAILED into the final round by 3 shots. He needed to post a good score. He shot -1 on the front side, parred the difficult 10 and 11 and on the tee at 12. Sunday's traditional pin placement. Little room for error, a gust of wind can send itno Rae's creek. He went AT IT, short , water. Was he to play safe and aim over the bunker onto the middle of the green ? dunno, he felt he needed to be aggressive. HOW DID HE RESPOND after this? BOMB DRIVE at 13, that left him with what couldnt have been more than an 8 iron.... to a front pin placement with water ready to eat anything short; to 9 feet, EAGLE. Birdied 15.....he lost to Woods by one. And lets not forget the MASSIVE break Woods got at 13 as he overcooked his drive, headed OB hits a tree and middle of the fairway; he birded the hole, lol.

Brooks didnt blow up Sunday at Augusta...he did on the last 8 holes at Bethpage: +5 for the last 8 holes. He was HANGING ON.