ESPN.com · Jan 29
Brooks Koepka's return and what it means for the PGA Tour
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LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The last time Brooks Koepka walked the narrow fairways at Torrey Pines at the 2021 U.S. Open, the golf world was whole.
Koepka was ranked 10th in the world then, had just finished runner-up at the PGA Championship (his 10th top-10 finish in a major in his past 15 appearances) and boasted the fourth-best odds to win that week. His aura was unmistakable then -- he had four majors to his name and had engineered a reputation for himself that exuded a kind of cool carelessness matched only by his effortless confidence on the sport's biggest stages. He wasn't afraid to let you in on it, either.