Brooks Koepka grew to become the primary participant to win 4 occasions as a part of the LIV Golf League, taking pictures a final-round 68 at Sentosa Golf Membership in Singapore on Sunday to beat Cam Smith and Marc Leishman by two strokes.
His timing wasn’t dangerous, both.
A couple of days after providing concern about his sport in mild of a poor Masters efficiency, Koepka stepped up and gained the LIV Golf Singapore even to present himself a lift heading into the protection of his PGA Championship title in two weeks.
The yr’s second main begins on Could 16.
“It’s all beginning to come round,” stated Koepka, who final yr gained his fifth main title when he captured the PGA at Oak Hill, turning into the primary energetic LIV golfer to win a significant. “I like the way in which issues are trending.’’
They didn’t appear to be trending nicely just some days in the past when Koepka made clear he was not joyful along with his tie for forty fifth on the Masters. “I felt like I wasted all that point from January up till then,’’ he stated.
He tied for tenth on the LIV Golf occasion in Adelaide the week prior and heading into the Singapore match that he merely wanted to get putts to drop.
“I’ve put in a whole lot of work,’’ he stated. “I really feel like on the golf course, off the golf course, it’s been an excellent two weeks, to say the least. Take per week off after which grinding fairly laborious with (teacher) Claude (Harmon) over the previous couple of days, I assumed that was crucial. Form of began to see it flip perhaps Wednesday, Thursday of Adelaide, so to see it repay right here is big.”
Koepka gained his third PGA Championship Wanamaker Trophy final yr. In every of his first 4 main victories, he gained back-to-back on the 2017 and ’18 U.S. Opens and the 2018 and ’19 PGAs.
After a second-round 64, Koepka began the ultimate spherical with a three-shot lead over Abraham Ancer, Adrian Meronk, Thomas Pieters and Mathew Wolff. He by no means relinquished his lead, though a number of challengers closed the hole at occasions.
“I felt the warmth, however it was primarily due to how scorching it was,” Koepka stated. “Simply performed very constant, missed it in the proper spots. If you’re taking part in with a lead, you do this. You do not have to power something.”
Smith and Leishman had been a part of the successful Ripper GC crew, capturing the crew title for the second straight week.
