All smiles: Brooks Koepka shoots lowest round this year, highlighted by 29 on back nine

Brooks Koepka was the most excited he's been playing golf in more than three years during the back nine of Saturday’s third round at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic . And that's probably for good reason. The five-time major winner shot five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 13th that spearheaded a 29 down the stretch to vault him to T-2 as he walked off the course at Dunes Golf and Beach Club with some of the field still playing through Round 3.

"That's the most excited I've been playing golf in a long, long time. I can tell you that much," Koepka told reporters in his post-round interview after his lowest round of the year. "It's I would say back until '23, the PGA.

That's the most — it's been a long time since I've had fun playing golf. "For at least a year, I've been very — I was very frustrated last year," he added. "Just wasn't in a good place, but I think a lot of times when you — it's like anybody, right?

If they're happy off the golf course, they're going to play well on the golf course. I think that's a huge, huge piece of it, and I've found that. Re-found my happiness, my love for the game.