AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka has the slightly rumpled look you’d expect of a father of a 9-month-old, hair slightly tousled, eyes a little weary. But it takes exactly one question to remind you why Koepka is the most dangerous major player in golf.
Koepka has five majors, which ties him with legends like Seve Ballesteros and Byron Nelson, and the most of any active player not named Tiger or Phil. Asked how important that stat is to him, Koepka at first shrugged it off.
“During the moment,” he said, “it's about going to play golf.”
Then he delivered a sly kicker:
“But there's 19 other people in front of me, I do know that.