A resurgent Brooks Koepka defeated Scotty Scheffler and Victor Hovland to win his third PGA Championship in Oak Hill, New York.

Scheffler, who returned to No. 1 in the world, shot a 7-under 65, while Hovland – who made double bogey on the 16th hole – shot a 2-under 68.

Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy tied for seventh at 2 under.

There was also a magical moment when Southern California club pro Michael Bullock once again lit up the East Course with a hole-in-one on the 151-yard par-3 15th hole.

The 46-year-old, one of 20 club pros to play in the Championship but the only one to advance, entertained fans with his carefree attitude throughout the week.

They broke out again to celebrate the ace, though Bullock didn’t realize his feat until he asked his partner McIlroy, “Rory, did it go in the hole?” Before the two share a warm hug.

Block’s ace, his first at the tournament since 2020, helped him finish in a tie for 15th, earning him an exemption for next year’s tournament at Valhalla.

Yet even he couldn’t distract from the moment of redemption from fellow American Koepka, who finished runner-up to Jon Rahm by four shots at the Masters in April.

It was the third time in five years that Koepka has won a major in New York State.

Just two years later, it’s even more compelling undergone extensive knee surgery After he moved to the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf setup.

Koepka Receives Wanamaker Trophy and Huge $3.15 Million Check [£2.53m]. He also became the sixth player to win the championship three or more times – joining Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus (five times), Tiger Woods (four times), Gene Saracen and Sam Snead (three times). ).

Koepka returns to top form

Koepka was booed by fans on the first tee Saturday for his involvement with LIV Golf.

However, he was strong in the third round and again on Sunday, ensuring he was applauded by the crowd when he hit the winning putt.

On the face of it, his success is likely to give a huge boost to the marketing of the Saudi-funded circuit, but to an emotional Koepka, a player whose career was in jeopardy not so long ago, it seemed that Resonates more personally.

Koepka, who has been reflecting on his “suffocation” at the Masters in recent weeks, promised not to simply try to hold on to the lead again after Augusta’s defensive model severely faltered.

True to his word, he birdied blitzs on the second, third and fourth holes to build a four-shot lead before his Norwegian partner Hovland could respond.

It’s a bossy opening line. Ian Baker-Finch is the last Ian Baker-Finch to shoot a Grand Marble at 3 under or better on the first four holes of the final round The 54-hole leader in the championship, he won the 1991 Royal Birkdale Open.

But Koepka saw his lead cut to one after he found water on the sixth tee, and he and Hovland both missed on the seventh.

Both players then indulged in a fine duel that ultimately ended in defeat on the 16th hole when Hovland hit his second shot into the surface of a fairway bunker — just like Corricon Nurse did in the third round. The Norwegian got the free fall – but in a horrible position in the rough – and could only make double bogey from there.

At that stage, Scheffler birdied four holes on the back nine for a final sprint and looked set to finish in second, but Hovland made a birdie putt on the final to tie the U.S. below the lead. A par seven.

It allowed Koepka, who bogeyed the 17th hole, to make two putts from 15 feet to seal the impressive victory.

more content.