FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – On Thursday at Bethpage Black, Brooks Koepka and Tommy Fleetwood picked where they left off.
Fleetwood finished runner-up to Koepka the last time a major championship was played in the New York area, when he closed with a 63 at Shinnecock Hills at last year’s U.S. Open. On Thursday at the PGA Championship, it was as if the two had never left Long Island.
Despite a bogey at his first hole, No. 10, Fleetwood turned in 1 under par and added three more birdies to finish with a 3-under 67. He was in second place and four strokes behind Koepka at the end of the morning wave.