PITTSFORD, N.Y. – They were coming for Brooks Koepka’s throne again.
And, OK, lately, a fortunate few had even succeeded in supplanting him. The tough talk that backfired at Harding Park. The 50-year-old who taught him a lesson at Kiawah. The new world No. 1 who rumbled right through him at Augusta.
But that was only temporary. Now was Koepka’s time to resume his rightful position atop the major hierarchy.
Viktor Hovland had fought gamely throughout the final round of this PGA Championship, but the Norwegian’s tee shot on the 16th hole drifted too far right and found the fairway bunker.