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Brooks Koepka has gotten disconnected to a bully commencement astatine nan PGA Championship, and each made trim has resulted successful a top-20 decorativeness this season.
The five-time awesome victor returned to nan PGA Tour this play aft spending 4 years pinch LIV Golf and was 1 of 33 players to break 70 successful nan first information connected Thursday astatine Aronimink Golf Club extracurricular of Philadelphia.
Last twelvemonth was a struggle for Koepka connected nan course, arsenic he missed nan trim successful 3 of nan 4 fields and vanished 31st successful nan individual LIV standings.
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Brooks Koepka reacts aft his putt connected nan 14th greenish during nan first information of nan PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, connected May 14, 2026. (James Lang/Imagn Images)
But it was a struggle disconnected nan people arsenic well, particularly pinch his wife, Jena Sims, suffering a miscarriage astatine 16 weeks pregnant.
Speaking aft his first information Thursday, Koepka admitted that "a batch of family issues" past twelvemonth "took a toll" connected him and affected his play.
"That was benignant of reliable to woody with," Koepka said, via nan New York Post.
But location is "in a overmuch amended place," which coincides pinch his awesome scores successful nan early going.
"It’s easier to travel retired to activity erstwhile everything astatine location lines up. Everything’s a batch better. Last twelvemonth was conscionable difficult personally pinch what was going connected disconnected nan play course, thing to do connected it. It was conscionable off," Koepka continued.
Brooks Koepka plays his changeable connected nan tenth spread during nan first information of nan PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, connected May 14, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
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"So, yeah, conscionable being successful a amended place. It’s exciting. It’s a small spot of a caller commencement arsenic well. I deliberation that’s a large portion of it. Yeah, erstwhile each that benignant of lines up, it makes it enjoyable to beryllium retired here."
"It’s been a agelong clip since I’ve had nosy playing golf. I was very disappointment past year. Just wasn’t successful a bully place, but I deliberation a batch of times erstwhile you — it’s for illustration anybody, right? If they’re happy disconnected nan play course, they’re going to play good connected nan play course. I deliberation that’s a huge, immense portion of it, and I’ve recovered that," Koepka told Golf.com past week.
"Refound my happiness, my emotion for nan game. All nan pieces are connected. It’s conscionable now I’ve sewage to spell retired and spell play."
Koepka is presently aiming for his 4th PGA Championship victory, having besides won successful 2018, 2019 and 2023. He would subordinate Walter Hagen, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods arsenic nan only four-time winners of nan event.
Brooks Koepka walks connected nan 18th greenish during nan first information of nan PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, connected May 14, 2026. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour)
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Koepka struggled successful his early return to nan PGA Tour, finishing T55 astatine nan Farmers Insurance Open and missing nan trim astatine nan Waste Management Open. But since then, contempt 2 different missed cuts, his finishes person ranged from T9 to T18.
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