SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Brooks Koepka struggled up the hill behind Baltusrol’s 18th green. There was no limp, but it wasn’t easy.
In his first start since straining ligaments in his right ankle the week before the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, the 26-year-old was on his way to a T-4 finish at the PGA Championship.
Not bad for a guy who seemed to begin the week closer to the DL than the top of leaderboard.
Koepka admitted that if it had not been a major, and he wasn’t fighting for a spot on this year’s U.