Brooks Koepka feels major-beating game is back. But 1 pre-Masters goal remains
Brooks Koepka has been trending in the right direction with the Masters at Augusta National looming. But how does he like his chances? Getty Images Brooks Koepka returned to the PGA Tour with a quiet T56 at the Farmers Insurance Open , but there was more to that performance under the surface.
If you looked past the fanfare of his triumphant return, you could see it. That week at Torrey Pines, Koepka lost over seven shots on the greens while finishing positive in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee, Approach and Around the Greens. He made a putter switch after the missed cut at the WM Phoenix Open, and his game has started to round into form ever since, with Koepka going T9-T13-T18 through the Florida Swing.
He ranked third in the field in Strokes Gained: Approach last week at the Valspar and is ranked first in that category on the PGA Tour on the season , gaining 1. 089 strokes on approach per round. Koepka said he diagnosed a problem with his driver ahead of this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open that likely “cost him six or seven shots” last week.
(He finished seven shots behind eventual winner Matt Fitzpatrick . ) That subtle I could’ve won reference is reminiscent of the Brooks Koepka who once said he believed majors are easier to win than normal PGA Tour events. (He won that week.
) Koepka arrives at Memorial Park Golf Course this week with the look and feel of the Koepka of old , the one who crushed major fields with exacting, boring golf. That Koepka is starting to show with the Masters on the horizon because the game that won him five majors, the one that has been missing since his 2023 PGA Championship win, well, Koepka feels it has finally returned. “I do feel like it is ready,” Koepka said Wednesday when asked if his game was in condition for Augusta National.
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