Brooks Koepka fires 64 Saturday at Myrtle Beach Classic: 'I re-found my happiness'
Brooks Koepka is back. Golf fans have heard that phrase a lot over the past few months, but on Saturday in Myrtle Beach, it felt real.
Brooks Koepka is back. Sure, golf fans have heard that phrase a lot over the past six months since the five-time major champion returned to the PGA Tour after three years with LIV Golf . But on Saturday, the Brooks Koepka of old returned.
Koepka fired a blistering 29 on the back nine at Dunes Golf and Beach Club to cap off a 7-under 64 in the third round of the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic ā an opposite-field tournament running alongside the Truist Championship, a signature event. Koepka vaulted himself nearly 20 spots up the leaderboard and sat in a tie for second at 11 under when he signed his scorecard just before 3 p. m.
ET Saturday. "That's the most excited I've been playing golf in a long, long time, I can tell you that much," Koepka said in a post-round press conference. "It's been a long time since I've had fun playing golf ā at least a year.
I was very frustrated last year. Just wasn't in a good place. .