Page 10 - Jupiter Spotlight - February '20

Page 10, Jupiter Spotlight
Top-Ranked Koepka Commits To Play

In The 2020 Honda Classic

Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world for the past said. “We are excited that he has decided to return to The Honda par, which was set by Rory McIlroy at Congressional Country
eight months, has committed to play in the 2020 Honda Classic, Classic. His presence will undoubtedly create an enormous Club in 2011. He had six additional Top 10 performances during
a PGA TOUR event which will be held Feb. 24 to March 1 at amount of excitement at this year’s tournament.” the year to go alongside the Open victory.
PGA National Resort and Spa. Koepka preferred baseball to golf as a kid but switched In 2018, Koepka was the PGA TOUR Player of the Year
Koepka, a 29-year-old West Palm Beach product, has been his focus in high school at Cardinal Newman. He learned the behind the U.S. Open and PGA Championship victories.
the hottest player in golf for two seasons now behind incredible game on the public courses of West Palm Beach, but was not Koepka has stayed humble despite his enormous success.
performances in Major championships. Four of his seven PGA an accomplished junior player. He ended up attending college “I view myself completely differently than people view me,”
TOUR victories have come in Majors. at Florida State and blossomed into a three-time All American he said. “I still think it’s weird when I walk into a place and I can
Koepka, who last year tied for second with Rickie Fowler even though he did not win a tournament until his senior year. see eyes are on me just for dinner. And I’m like, what’s everybody
behind Keith Mitchell at The Honda Classic, won the PGA Four victories on the European Challenge Tour allowed him staring at?”
Championship after finishing second at The Masters. He also to graduate to the European Tour and also test the PGA TOUR “I just view myself as a regular guy, just like everybody else.
finished second at the U.S. Open and fourth at the British Open. in 2014. And I just happen to be really good at golf, and that’s it. I don’t
He was the fifth player in history to finish in the top five in all “Going over there was a bunch of fun. It’s the best time I’ve view myself any different than anybody else does. I’m just a
four Majors. ever had playing golf,” Koepka said. “You become more of a regular guy. That’s how I’d like to be treated. I don’t want to
At the PGA Championship at Bethpage in New York, Koepka well-rounded player playing different places, having to travel, be put up on a – I don’t want to say a pedestal or anything like
overcame final day struggles in high winds to hold off Dustin doing that sort of thing. I felt like I was good enough to be out that, but I just want to be just like everybody else, just a normal
Johnson by two strokes. The victory allowed him to supplant here (on the PGA TOUR) when I was there. It’s just hard to get person.”
Johnson and regain the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf out here. I felt like if I just did what I was supposed to do and The Honda Classic awarded a record-shattering $5.1 million
Ranking. kind of dug deep and stayed patient that I was going to find a to 157 South Florida philanthropic organizations last year, the
Koepka would have been the first player since Willie way. Luckily enough it was pretty quick.” 13th consecutive year that the PGA TOUR event has been able
Anderson in 1903 to 1905 to win three consecutive U.S. Opens, He made 12 of 16 cuts with two top 10 finishes to earn his to increase its impact on the lives of local children and their
but Gary Woodland caught fire to beat him by three strokes even TOUR card for 2015. That’s when he put together a breakthrough families. More than 75,000 children and their families benefited
though Koepka was the first player in history to post four scores season with his first victory (Waste Management Phoenix Open) from the Honda Classic Cares initiative.
in the 60s and not win. and eight Top 10 finishes. Koepka had five top five finishes in Grounds tickets, Bear Trap tickets and other hospitality
Koepka’s 2019 accomplishments came after he won the U.S. 2016 before beginning his Major run at the 2017 Open. tickets and packages for the 2020 Honda Classic are on sale
Open and PGA Championship in 2018 and the U.S. Open in Everything came together at Erin Hills. His 72-hole total of at thehondaclassic.com or by calling 1-844-8Honda8 (844)
2017. He was the first player to win back-to-back titles at both 16-under 272 tied the tournament record for lowest total under 846-6328.
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At the 2019 Honda Classic, Koepka birdied two of his final
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claim a share of second place with Fowler at 8-under 272. That
was one stroke behind Mitchell, who holed a 15-foot birdie putt
on the final hole to win.
“Every golfer and fan in the local community obviously takes
great pride in what Brooks has accomplished the past several
years,” Honda Classic Executive Director Kenneth R. Kennerly

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