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Newsweek
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Brooks Koepka Beer-Gate Goes Viral amid PGA Championship Dismissal
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Drinking beer is almost a rule in golf, especially if you haven't had a good day on the course. It is a tradition that even the biggest stars cannot escape, and here is Brooks Koepka to prove it. The five-time major champion had a horrendous performance at the 2025 PGA Championship, where he missed the cut by eight shots. The situation cried out for a beer treatment, and Koepka wasted little time in providing it. The X user, identified as 'Keith Blazkowicz, PhD, MD', was lucky enough to run into Koepka in the store while the LIV Golf star was buying his beers, and he wasted no time in posting it: "Went to QT to grab some beer after a rough 18 holes. I think this guy might be doing the same..." Blazkowicz wrote. Went to QT to grab some beer after a rough 18 holes. I think this guy might be doing the same… — Keith Blazkowicz, PhD, MD (@vegasmostwant3d) May 17, 2025 The post went viral in an impressive way, considering it received more than one million views and more than 14,000 reactions in less than 24 hours. Even more impressive is that the author of the post only has 227 followers and did not even tag Koepka. In the picture, which was taken on Friday, you can see that a clock reads 8:10 p.m., meaning that less than three hours have passed since the player finished the second round at Quail Hollow. There is no doubt that not having to play the next day has its benefits. Brooks Koepka of the United States looks on while playing the 16th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 15, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brooks Koepka of the United States looks on while playing the 16th hole during the first round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 15, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images One detail that did not go unnoticed by fans was that the West Palm Beach, Florida native's beer of choice was Miller Lite, even though he is sponsored for a rival brand. Koepka signed an endorsement deal with Michelob Ultra in 2017 and, as far as anyone knows, remains one of the brand's top ambassadors. The 35-year-old has made numerous promotional appearances for Michelob, including two Super Bowl 2022 commercials. Proud to join Team ULTRA! Thanks for keeping me well-stocked. Hope to have something special to celebrate when I get back from Augusta. — Brooks Koepka (@BKoepka) April 3, 2017 The five-time LIV Golf winner carded a 36-hole score of 9-over 151, which prevented him from playing the weekend at Quail Hollow. His overall performance included six birdies, 11 bogeys and two double bogeys, with negative stats in five of the six components of the Strokes Gained series. This is Koepka's second straight missed cut in a major championship, having done the same at the Masters last month. It is also his eighth consecutive major without a top-10 finish, the first time that has happened in his career. More Golf: Jon Rahm soars into PGA Championship contention after masterful Saturday
USA Today
20-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Justin Thomas ends victory drought with RBC Heritage title after long putt in playoff
Justin Thomas ends victory drought with RBC Heritage title after long putt in playoff Justin Thomas is a PGA Tour winner again. The 31-year-old native of Kentucky birdied the first playoff hole to win the 2025 RBC Heritage on Sunday over Andrew Novak for his 16th PGA Tour title but first in two years, 10 months and 29 days since the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. "Winning is hard, really hard," Thomas said. "I forgot how much I loved this." Thomas shot a bogey-free final-round 3-under 68 at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, for a 72-hole total of 17-under 267. He opened with a course-record tying 10-under 61 and went on to become the only first-round leader to win this season. Thomas made birdies at Nos. 5 and 8 on the front nine to take the lead at 16 under. He drained a 25-foot birdie at the par-5 15th in regulation. Thomas won for the first time since becoming a father and joined Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in having at least 16 victories and two majors before the age of 32. Thomas finished third in Strokes Gained: Putting for the week, a vast improvement over his putting last season. After ranking No. 174 last season, Thomas spent time with Xander Schauffele working on his putting technique. The 3-hour session has paid dividends. Thomas has improved to 40th this to Golf Channel's Todd Lewis, Thomas joked, 'I may get an invoice in my locker.' Thomas had four top-3 finishes, including two runner-up finishes this season. 'Everyone wants it bad but he has that chip on his shoulder,' CBS Sports's Trevor Immelman said.
Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler's two victories at Stadium Course by the numbers
Scottie Scheffler has won the last two Players Championships and his statistics from the 2023 and 2024 events show how. Scheffler led the field in the PGA Tour's Strokes Gained tee-to-green index, indicating his proficiency in finding the putting surface with approach shots. But at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass, hitting fairways is crucial to finding the greens, because balls that settle into the thick ryegrass rough are difficult to hit with any degree of distance control. Scheffler has had an answer for that, too. He led the field in Strokes Gained Off the Tee last year and was fifth in 2023. Scheffler's scoring average in his two victories is 67.37. All eight rounds were in the 60s. He is 37-under par (20-under in 2024, 17 under in 2023), Scheffler has two eagles, 42 birdies, nine bogeys and 91 pars. One of the eagles was at the par-4 fourth hole in the final round in 2024 and the other at the par-5 second hole in the third round in 2023. He has hit 74.1 percent of his fairways (83 of 112), 75.7 percent of the greens (109 of 144) and averages 28.12 putts per round. When he does miss a green, Scheffler has gotten up-and-down for par 74.2 percent of the time (26 of 35). Scheffler did not bogey a par-5 hole in either tournament and shot a cumulative 21-under at those holes (Nos. 2, 9, 11 and 16). He played the par-3 holes at 5-under and the par-4s 11-under. The only thing close to Kryptonite for Scheffler at the Stadium Course are the par-3 third hole and par-4 fifth hole, where he has made two bogeys at each. Those four bogeys came in last year's tournament. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Scottie Scheffler's two Players Championship victories by the numbers
