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Top-Ranked Koepka Commits

To Play In The 2020 Honda Classic

Brooks Koepka, the No. 1 player in the world for the past three holes in the final round on Sunday to post a 4-under 66 Everything came together at Erin Hills. His 72-hole
eight months, has committed to play in the 2020 Honda Classic, and claim a share of second place with Fowler at 8-under 272. total of 16-under 272 tied the tournament record for
a PGA TOUR event which will be held Feb. 24 to March 1 at That was one stroke behind Mitchell, who holed a 15-foot lowest total under par, which was set by Rory McIlroy at
PGA National Resort and Spa. birdie putt on the final hole to win. Congressional Country Club in 2011. He had six additional
Koepka, a 29-year-old West Palm Beach product, has been “Every golfer and fan in the local community obviously Top 10 performances during the year to go alongside the
the hottest player in golf for two seasons now behind incredible takes great pride in what Brooks has accomplished the past Open victory.
performances in Major championships. Four of his seven PGA several years,” Honda Classic Executive Director Kenneth R. In 2018, Koepka was the PGA TOUR Player of the Year
TOUR victories have come in Majors. Kennerly said. “We are excited that he has decided to return to behind the U.S. Open and PGA Championship victories.
Koepka, who last year tied for second with Rickie Fowler The Honda Classic. His presence will undoubtedly create an Koepka has stayed humble despite his enormous success.
behind Keith Mitchell at The Honda Classic, won the PGA enormous amount of excitement at this year’s tournament.” “I view myself completely differently than people view
Championship after finishing second at The Masters. He also Koepka preferred baseball to golf as a kid but switched me,” he said. “I still think it’s weird when I walk into a place
finished second at the U.S. Open and fourth at the British Open. his focus in high school at Cardinal Newman. He learned the and I can see eyes are on me just for dinner. And I’m like,
He was the fifth player in history to finish in the top five in all game on the public courses of West Palm Beach, but was not what’s everybody staring at?”
four Majors. an accomplished junior player. He ended up attending college “I just view myself as a regular guy, just like everybody
At the PGA Championship at Bethpage in New York, at Florida State and blossomed into a three-time All American else. And I just happen to be really good at golf, and that’s
Koepka overcame final day struggles in high winds to hold even though he did not win a tournament until his senior year. it. I don’t view myself any different than anybody else does.
off Dustin Johnson by two strokes. The victory allowed him Four victories on the European Challenge Tour allowed I’m just a regular guy. That’s how I’d like to be treated. I
to supplant Johnson and regain the No. 1 spot in the Official him to graduate to the European Tour and also test the PGA don’t want to be put up on a – I don’t want to say a pedestal
World Golf Ranking. TOUR in 2014. or anything like that, but I just want to be just like everybody
Koepka would have been the first player since Willie “Going over there was a bunch of fun. It’s the best time else, just a normal person.”
Anderson in 1903 to 1905 to win three consecutive U.S. Opens, I’ve ever had playing golf,” Koepka said. “You become more The Honda Classic awarded a record-shattering $5.1 million
but Gary Woodland caught fire to beat him by three strokes of a well-rounded player playing different places, having to to 157 South Florida philanthropic organizations last year, the
even though Koepka was the first player in history to post four travel, doing that sort of thing. I felt like I was good enough 13th consecutive year that the PGA TOUR event has been able
scores in the 60s and not win. to be out here (on the PGA TOUR) when I was there. It’s just to increase its impact on the lives of local children and their
Koepka’s 2019 accomplishments came after he won the hard to get out here. I felt like if I just did what I was supposed families. More than 75,000 children and their families benefited
U.S. Open and PGA Championship in 2018 and the U.S. Open to do and kind of dug deep and stayed patient that I was going from the Honda Classic Cares initiative.
in 2017. He was the first player to win back-to-back titles at to find a way. Luckily enough it was pretty quick.” Grounds tickets, Bear Trap tickets and other hospitality
both the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship and joined six He made 12 of 16 cuts with two top 10 finishes to earn his tickets and packages for the 2020 Honda Classic are on
others as winners of multiple titles at both tournaments (Walter TOUR card for 2015. That’s when he put together a breakthrough sale at thehondaclassic.com or by calling 1-844-8Honda8
Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino season with his first victory (Waste Management Phoenix Open) (844) 846-6328.
and Tiger Woods). and eight Top 10 finishes. Koepka had five top five finishes in
At the 2019 Honda Classic, Koepka birdied two of his final 2016 before beginning his Major run at the 2017 Open. Around Town on page 16

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