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Crisis averted: Koepka avoids collapse to win PGA Championship again

Sunday at Bethpage proved more dramatic than anyone thought it would, but it ended as expected – with Brooks Koepka once again hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy. Here’s how Koepka staved off a collapse, held off a charging Dustin Johnson, won the PGA and supplanted DJ as world No. 1:

Leaderboard: Koepka (-8), Johnson (-6), Jordan Spieth (-2), Patrick Cantlay (-2), Matt Wallace (-2)

How it happened (and nearly didn’t): Up seven to start the day, Koepka saw his lead shrink to just one when he made four bogeys in a row on Nos.