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KOEPKA KING AGAIN, CAPTURES

THIRD PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, 5TH CAREER MAJOR

메이저 사냥꾼 브룩 캡카 3번째 PGA 챔피언쉽 우승

통상 5번째 메이저 대회 우승

rooks Koepka held a one-shot lead over Viktor Hovland produce a three-shot swing.
Bwhile standing on the tee at the par-4 16th hole late Koepka shot 72-66-66-67 for a 9-under-par 271 total. Hovland
Sunday at the PGA Championship. Koepka had built an (68) and Scottie Scheffler (65) tied for second place, two
early three-shot lead, but Hovland continued to chip away shots behind.
and, with three holes remaining, was as close as he’s ever “This is incredible,” Koepka said afterward while holding
been to capturing his first major championship. the Wanamaker Trophy. “This is just the coolest thing.”
Twenty minutes later Koepka was leading by four. Thirty It was already rarified air for Koepka, having entered
minutes later Koepka was holding the Wanamaker Trophy this week with four major championship titles and being
for the third time in the last six years. frustrated because of a close call at the Masters last month
It all unfolded that quickly at venerable Oak Hill. where he ultimately tied for second place after shooting a
On the 16th, Hovland hit his approach shot from the final-round 75. Now he’s joined a list with Walter Hagen (5),
bunker into the thick, gnarly rough just guarding that same Jack Nicklaus (5), Tiger Woods (4), Gene Sarazen (3) and Sam
bunker, had to take a drop because the ball was embedded Snead (3) as the only men to win at least three PGA titles.
and ultimately made a double-bogey 6. Koepka, seizing
the moment, hit his approach to 5-feet and made birdie to “I’m not sure I even dreamed of it as a kid, that I was going

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