Brooks Koepka isn’t paying any attention to the PGA Tour/PIF merger distractions as he attempts to win his sixth Major, third US Open and continue on his goal of reaching “double digits” in Major wins this week.
The former World No.1 comes into Los Angeles Country Club as third-favorite behind only World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and No.2 Jon Rahm. It’s a huge uplift from last year when he was still struggling with his recovery from injury, arriving at The Country Club in Brookline after a missed cut at Augusta and a T55 at the PGA Championship.
This time around, the Floridian is back to his 2017-2019 best and he’s enjoying the “chaos” in the build-up as he seeks to lift the US Open trophy for a third time on Sunday.
“Like I’ve said, the more chaotic things get the easier it gets for me,” Koepka said on Tuesday at LACC. “Everything starts to slow down and I am able to focus on whatever I need to focus on while everybody else is dealing with distractions, worried about other things.
“I think there’s a few of them [reasons for his success in Majors], but I think it’s definitely one of them. I enjoy the chaos.”
Koepka, now a five-time Major champion described when he knew that Majors were going to be sole focus in his career, saying how it’s golf’s four biggest events that are what you’re ultimately remembered for.
“At the end of the day, I think one thing that was always kind of harped on me was you knew how many Majors Jack has, you knew how many Tiger has, you knew how many Arnold Palmer has, you knew how many Gary Player, Watson, all these legends, but I never knew how many PGA Tour events or wins they had total,” he told media on Tuesday.
“I could tell you going down the list each of them had won, so that was kind of – it’s pretty obvious, right? That’s what you’re judged on. It’s Major championships. You look at basketball, you’re judged on how many championships you’ve won, not how many games you’ve won. Same thing in every sport.”
Koepka won his first Major at the 2017 US Open at Erin Hills
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He’s hoping to pick up back-to-back Majors this week to take his tally to six, which would tie him with Phil Mickelson, Lee Trevino and Sir Nick Faldo. He’s aiming to comfortably surpass them by the end of his career, though.
“Yeah, don’t get me wrong, it’s better than four, looking for five, so that’s definitely a lot better. Yeah, like I said, double digits, that’s what I’m trying to get to. I don’t think it’s out of the question for me.
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