| Brooks Koepka | |
|---|---|
Koepka in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1990-05-03)May 3, 1990 (age 35) West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg)[1] |
| Sporting nationality | United States |
| Residence | Jupiter, Florida, U.S. |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Career | |
| College | Florida State University |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour | LIV Golf |
| Former tours | PGA Tour European Tour Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 21 |
| Highestranking | 1 (October 21, 2018)[2] (47 weeks) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 9 |
| European Tour | 7 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 2 |
| Challenge Tour | 4 |
| LIV Golf | 5 |
| Best results in major championships (wins:5) | |
| Masters Tournament | T2:2019,2023 |
| PGA Championship | Won:2018,2019,2023 |
| U.S. Open | Won:2017,2018 |
| The Open Championship | T4:2019 |
| Achievements and awards | |
Brooks Koepka (/ˈkɛpkə/KEP-kə; born May 3, 1990) is an Americanprofessional golfer who plays on theLIV Golf League. He is a formerworld number one in theOfficial World Golf Ranking. Koepka has won fivemajor championships.
After playing collegiately atFlorida State University, Koepka turned professional in 2012 and began his career in Europe on theChallenge Tour. He secured promotion to theEuropean Tour, where he won the 2014Turkish Airlines Open and earned theEuropean Tour Rookie of the Year award. The following year, Koepka won his firstPGA Tour event, thePhoenix Open. He won his first major championship at the2017 U.S. Open. He defended his U.S. Open title in2018, and added his third and fourth major titles at the2018 and2019 PGA Championships. In 2022, Koepka joinedLIV Golf. He won his fifth major at the2023 PGA Championship.
Born inWest Palm Beach, Florida, on May 3, 1990,[1] Koepka was raised inLake Worth, and attendedCardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach.[3]
Koepka played college golf atFlorida State University inTallahassee, where he won three events and was a three-timeAll-American.[4] He qualified for the2012 U.S. Open as an amateur, but missed the cut by six strokes.[5]

In the summer of 2012, Koepka turned professional and began playing on theChallenge Tour inEurope.[6] He won his first title in September at theChallenge de Catalunya.[7] In 2013, he had his second victory on the Challenge Tour, winning the 2013Montecchia Golf Open. He followed this a month later with his third win, theFred Olsen Challenge de España, where he set the tournament record, 260 (−24), and won by a record 10 strokes.[8][9]
Three weeks later, he had his third win of the year at theScottish Hydro Challenge. With those three wins, he earned his European Tour card for the remainder of the 2013 season and for the full 2014 season.[10] The day after his third Challenge Tour win of 2013, Koepka qualified for the2013 Open Championship. Koepka made his debut as a member of the European Tour (he played in three events prior to promotion to membership) at theScottish Open, finishing T12.[11]
On the2014 European Tour, Koepka won theTurkish Airlines Open and finished third at theDubai Desert Classic andOmega European Masters, and ninth at theAlfred Dunhill Links Championship. He ranked 8th in the 2014Race to Dubai[12] rankings and was named the European Tour'sSir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year.[13]
On the2014 PGA Tour, Koepka played a few events on sponsor's exemptions and through open qualifying.[14] In his first event of the year, Koepka led after the second and third rounds of theFrys.com Open. He finished tied for third. At theU.S. Open, he collected a fourth-place finish, which earned him his first PGA Tour card, for the 2014–15 season, and his first Masters invitation. He was 15th at thePGA Championship, and was nominated for thePGA Tour Rookie of the Year award.[15]
On February 1, 2015, Koepka won his first PGA Tour event, theWaste Management Phoenix Open[16] and moved to 19th in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[17] At the2015 Open Championship, Koepka improved every day and a final round 68 vaulted him into a tie for 10th at theOld Course at St Andrews. The next week, Koepka was tied for fourth after 54 holes at theRBC Canadian Open but a final round 74 pushed him down to a tie for 18th at theGlen Abbey Golf Course. He then tied for 6th at the2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and tied for 5th at the2015 PGA Championship. In 2015, he chose to give up his European Tour membership.[18]
Koepka finished tied for 4th at the2016 PGA Championship. In November 2016, Koepka won theDunlop Phoenix Tournament in Japan.[19]
In 2017, Koepka won his first major championship by claiming theU.S. Open title atErin Hills, Wisconsin.[20] His win tied him for the record of the lowest U.S. Open score at 16 under (tied withRory McIlroy's 2011 record).[21]

Koepka had to undergo wrist surgery after the 2017 season and had hoped that his recuperation would be complete in time for the2018 Masters Tournament but he had to withdraw, saying that he was only 80% fit.[22] He recovered to successfully defend hisU.S. Open title atShinnecock Hills, becoming the first player sinceCurtis Strange in 1989 to win consecutive U.S. Open titles, which has occurred only seven times.[23] He won his third major at the2018 PGA Championship atBellerive Country Club to become only the fifth player, and the first since Tiger Woods in 2000, to win the U.S. Open and the PGA titles in the same year.[24][25]
At the2018 Ryder Cup, an errant tee shot by Koepka struck a female spectator and caused aglobe rupture of her right eye resulting in her losing vision in that eye.[26][27] Also at the Ryder Cup, it was rumored that Koepka and teammateDustin Johnson got into a feud over some personal issues but Koepka denied these claims saying, "This Dustin thing I don't get, there is no fight, no argument, he's one of my best friends. People like to make a story and run with it. It's not the first time there's been a news story that isn't true that has gone out."[28]
On October 21, 2018, Koepka won theCJ Cup, and the win moved him to number one in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[29]

On May 19, 2019, Koepka won the2019 PGA Championship, the first to successfully defend thePGA Championship sinceTiger Woods in 2007.[30] With his win in this major championship, Koepka regained the #1 position in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[31]
On July 28, 2019, Koepka won theWGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. By doing so, he won $1,745,000 and clinched the season-long Wyndham Rewards Top 10 Challenge and an additional $2,000,000.[32]
On August 4, 2019, Koepka clinched the season-long Aon Risk Reward Challenge and another $1,000,000 for the 2018–19 season. This challenge selects one hole in every participating event and designates it as the Aon Risk Reward hole for that week. The challenge rewards the player who has the best two scores from every participating event that a player competes in throughout the season, measured by the lowest average score to par on these holes.[33]
Koepka won the PGA of America Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year.[34]
Koepka qualified for the2019 Presidents Cup but withdrew because of a knee injury and was replaced byRickie Fowler on November 20, 2019.[35] His caddie since 2013 is Ricky Elliott.[36]
Koepka was plagued by hip and knee pains for the majority of the season and, in August 2020, withdrew from competition prior to the FedEx Cup playoffs.[37] In February 2021, Koepka won theWaste Management Phoenix Open atTPC Scottsdale in Arizona. Koepka overcame a five-shot deficit on the final day, with a 6-under-par 65. This was his second win at the event.[38] Koepka underwent knee surgery on March 16, 2021.[39] In May 2021, Koepka finished in a tie for second place at the2021 PGA Championship. A final round 74 saw him finish two shots behindPhil Mickelson; who became the oldest major champion at the age of 50. In September 2021, Koepka played on the U.S. team in the2021 Ryder Cup atWhistling Straits inKohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Koepka went 2–2–0 including a win in his Sunday singles match againstBernd Wiesberger. Koepka wonThe Match on November 26 against rivalBryson DeChambeau at theWynn Las Vegas.[40]

In June 2022, Koepka joined theLIV Golf Invitational Series and made his debut inPortland.[41] He made his decision despite suggesting four months prior that golfers would "sell out" and join LIV Golf.[42] Koepka was subsequently suspended by the PGA Tour for playing in the LIV Golf Invitational Series.[43] In October 2022, Koepka won the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah in a playoff overPeter Uihlein for his first LIV Golf win.[44]
In April, Koepka won the LIV Golf Orlando event.[45] The following week, he finished tied for second at the2023 Masters Tournament, 4 shots behindJon Rahm. Koepka started the final day of the tournament with a 4 stroke lead and having to play 30 holes after the third round was delayed due to weather.[46]
In May, Koepka won the2023 PGA Championship atOak Hill Country Club, making him the first LIV Golf player to win a major championship.[47] It was Koepka's fifth career major victory and third PGA Championship. He became the 20th golfer with five major victories.[48] Koepka became the third golfer to win three or more PGA Championships in the stroke play era, joiningJack Nicklaus (five wins) and Tiger Woods (four).[49] Koepka has won three major championships within the state ofNew York, following his2018 U.S. Open victory atShinnecock Hills (inSouthampton, onLong Island) and2019 PGA win atBethpage Black (also onLong Island). "We got three majors in New York, so New York has been a second home to me," he said. The win also made Koepka the first player ever to win majors at three different venues in the same state.[50]
In September 2023, Koepka played on the U.S. team in the2023 Ryder Cup atMarco Simone Golf and Country Club inGuidonia,Rome,Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Koepka went 1–1–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match againstLudvig Åberg.
In October 2023, Koepka repeated as the winner of the LIV Golf Jeddah tournament in a playoff overTalor Gooch for his third LIV Golf win.[51]
Koepka's younger brother,Chase, is also a professional golfer.[52] The two brothers played as partners in the 2019Zurich Classic of New Orleans on the PGA Tour, the only Tour event using a team format.[53] His great uncle isMajor League Baseball playerDick Groat.[54]
Koepka was previously in a relationship with professional soccer playerBecky Edwards.[55] On April 1, 2021, Koepka announced his engagement to actressJena Sims.[56] They were married on June 4, 2022, in the Turks and Caicos.[citation needed] In May 2023, Koepka and Sims announced they were expecting their first child together, a son.[57]
Koepka appeared in Episode 2 of the sports documentary seriesFull Swing, which premiered on Netflix on February 15, 2023.[58]
| Legend |
|---|
| Major championships (5) |
| World Golf Championships (1) |
| Other PGA Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 1,2015 | Waste Management Phoenix Open | −15 (71-68-64-66=269) | 1 stroke | |
| 2 | Jun 18,2017 | U.S. Open | −16 (67-70-68-67=272) | 4 strokes | |
| 3 | Jun 17,2018 | U.S. Open (2) | +1 (75-66-72-68=281) | 1 stroke | |
| 4 | Aug 12, 2018 | PGA Championship | −16 (69-63-66-66=264) | 2 strokes | |
| 5 | Oct 21,2018 | CJ Cup | −21 (71-65-67-64=267) | 4 strokes | |
| 6 | May 19,2019 | PGA Championship (2) | −8 (63-65-70-74=272) | 2 strokes | |
| 7 | Jul 28, 2019 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | −16 (68-67-64-65=264) | 3 strokes | |
| 8 | Feb 7,2021 | Waste Management Phoenix Open (2) | −19 (68-66-66-65=265) | 1 stroke | |
| 9 | May 21,2023 | PGA Championship (3) | −9 (72-66-66-67=271) | 2 strokes |
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | AT&T Byron Nelson | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| Legend |
|---|
| Major championships (5) |
| World Golf Championships (1) |
| Race to Dubai finals series (1) |
| Other European Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 16,2014 | Turkish Airlines Open | −17 (69-67-70-65=271) | 1 stroke | |
| 2 | Jun 18,2017 | U.S. Open | −16 (67-70-68-67=272) | 4 strokes | |
| 3 | Jun 17,2018 | U.S. Open (2) | +1 (75-66-72-68=281) | 1 stroke | |
| 4 | Aug 12, 2018 | PGA Championship | −16 (69-63-66-66=264) | 2 strokes | |
| 5 | May 19,2019 | PGA Championship (2) | −8 (63-65-70-74=272) | 2 strokes | |
| 6 | Jul 28, 2019 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | −16 (68-67-64-65=264) | 3 strokes | |
| 7 | May 21,2023 | PGA Championship (3) | −9 (72-66-66-67=271) | 2 strokes |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 20,2016 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament | −21 (65-70-63-65=263) | 1 stroke | |
| 2 | Nov 19,2017 | Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (2) | −20 (65-68-64-67=264) | 9 strokes |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 30,2012 | Challenge de Catalunya | −16 (68-67-65=200)[a] | 3 strokes | |
| 2 | May 5,2013 | Montecchia Golf Open | −23 (66-67-62-66=261) | 7 strokes | |
| 3 | Jun 2, 2013 | Fred Olsen Challenge de España | −24 (64-66-64-66=260) | 10 strokes | |
| 4 | Jun 23, 2013 | Scottish Hydro Challenge | −18 (70-66-62-68=266) | 3 strokes |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 16,2022 | LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah1 | −12 (62-67-69=198) | Playoff | |
| 2 | Apr 2,2023 | LIV Golf Orlando1 | −15 (65-65-68=198) | 1 stroke | |
| 3 | Oct 15, 2023 | LIV Golf Jeddah1 (2) | −14 (66-62-68=196) | Playoff | |
| 4 | May 5,2024 | LIV Golf Singapore | −15 (66-64-68=198) | 2 strokes | |
| 5 | Aug 18, 2024 | LIV Golf Greenbrier | −19 (64-64-63=191) | Playoff |
1Co-sanctioned by theMENA Tour
LIV Golf League playoff record (3–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah | Won with birdie on third extra hole | |
| 2 | 2023 | LIV Golf Jeddah | Won with birdie on second extra hole | |
| 3 | 2024 | LIV Golf Greenbrier | Won with par on first extra hole |
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | U.S. Open | 1 shot deficit | −16 (67-70-68-67=272) | 4 strokes | |
| 2018 | U.S. Open(2) | Tied for lead | +1 (75-66-72-68=281) | 1 stroke | |
| 2018 | PGA Championship | 2 shot lead | −16 (69-63-66-66=264) | 2 strokes | |
| 2019 | PGA Championship(2) | 7 shot lead | −8 (63-65-70-74=272) | 2 strokes | |
| 2023 | PGA Championship(3) | 1 shot lead | −9 (72-66-66-67=271) | 2 strokes |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T33 | T21 | T11 | ||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T4 | T18 | T13 | 1 | 1 | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | T67 | T10 | T6 | T39 | ||
| PGA Championship | T70 | T15 | T5 | T4 | T13 | 1 |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T2 | T7 | CUT | CUT | T2 | T45 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | 1 | T29 | T2 | T55 | 1 | T26 | CUT |
| U.S. Open | 2 | T4 | 55 | T17 | T26 | T12 | |
| The Open Championship | T4 | NT | T6 | CUT | T64 | T43 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| PGA Championship | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 |
| U.S. Open | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 8 |
| Totals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 46 | 38 |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | T35 | T16 | T11 | T56 | C | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational | 1 shot deficit | −16 (68-67-64-65=264) | 3 strokes |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | T17 | T23 | T48 | T27 | T2 | |||
| Match Play | T17 | QF | R16 | T56 | NT1 | QF | ||
| Invitational | T6 | WD | T17 | 5 | 1 | T2 | T54 | |
| Champions | T40 | T2 | T16 | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
WD = Withdrew
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
The Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
Professional
Here are his words from the 23rd of February in the year 2022: 'I think it's going to still keep going. I think there will still be talk. Everyone talks about money. They've got enough of it. I don't see it backing down. They can just double up and they'll figure it out. They'll get their guys. Somebody will sell out and go to it'.