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to  win  this  many,”  Koepka  said  about  winning  his  fifth   back to No. 1 in the world. Former World No. 1, Jon Rahm,
            major, joining only 19 other men in accomplishing that feat.   tied for 50th place.
            “This is the coolest thing. I’m just happy to do it in front of   The  other  major  story  of  the  day  was  PGA  Professional
            these New York fans. I love you guys.”              Michael  Block,  the  Head  Professional  at  Arroyo  Trabuco
                                                                in  Mission  Viejo,  Calif.,  who  captured  the  hearts  of  New
            Koepka,  33,  started  Sunday  with  birdies  on  the  second,   York and most of the golf world. He made the cut for the
            third and fourth holes but backed up with bogeys on Nos. 6   first time, he played with Justin Rose on Saturday, then, on
            and 7 and held a one-shot lead standing on the 10th tee. He   Sunday, while paired with Rory McIlroy, Block dunked an
            promptly birdied the 10th hole, but bogeyed the 11th and   ace  on  the  151-yard  15th  hole  that  sent  the  gallery  into  a
            responded with birdies at 12 and 14 before the dagger came   frenzy.
            on the 16th against Hovland’s double bogey.         Australian compatriot Min Woo Lee finished tied for 18th
            Hovland, 25, had finished inside the top seven in each of   place,  while  California  native  Justin  Suh  finished  tied  for
            the previous two majors and was looking to add one to his   26th.  Lee  Kyung-hoon  finished  tied  for  29th,  and  Kim  Si-
            tally. He played beautifully for 15 holes, making four birdies   hwan finished tied for 62nd to conclude the tournament.
            against a lone bogey before his undoing came in the right   Kim  Si-woo,  Yang  Yong-eun,  and  Im  Sung-jae,  among
            fairway bunker with three holes remaining.          others, did not make the cut.
            “I thought I handled myself pretty well today,” Hovland said.
            “Pretty unfortunate on 16. But I still didn’t feel like I gave it   룩 캡카가 세 번째 PGA 챔피언십 우승을 차지하며,통상5번째 메
            away. Brooks played awesome golf today, he made a lot of  브이저 챔피언 기록을 세웠다. 브룩스 캡카는 일요일 늦은 시간에
            putts and hit a lot of great shots and he deserved to win.”  PGA 챔피언십의 파 4, 16번 홀 티에서 빅토르 호블랜드와 1타 차로 선
            Scheffler quietly plodded away ahead and made five birdies   두를 유지하고 있었다. 캡카는 초기에 3타 차의 선두를 유지했지만 호블
            in an eight-hole stretch in the middle of his round. He closed   랜드가 계속해서 압박을 가하며, 마지막 3홀에 진입할 때까지는 그가 처
            with a birdie from 16 feet on the 18th hole to sneak into a   음으로 메이저 챔피언십을 차지하기에 가장 가까이 다가서고 있었다. 20
            second-place tie. A third-round 73, and Koepka, of course,   분 후에는 캡카는 4타 차의 리드를 유지했고 이어30분 후에는 캡카의 손
            was what kept Scheffler from contending more closely for   에는 지난 6년 동안 3번째로 와네메이커 트로피를 들어오르리는 주인공
            his  second  major  championship.  He  did,  however,  move   이 되었다.이러한 역사적인 모든 일이 오랜 전통의 오크 힐에서 그렇게



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