10 Facts About Brooks Koepka

Golf Monthly

American professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf tour.

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00:00 The proud owner of 15 professional titles and four majors,

00:04 Brooks Koepka is one of the main characters

00:06 currently on the PGA Tour.

00:08 Famous for his golf as well as his longstanding rivalry

00:11 with Bryson DeChambeau.

00:13 Let's get to know the American a little bit better

00:15 with these 10 facts.

00:16 Brooks was born in West Palm Beach, Florida.

00:20 He stayed in his home state to go to college

00:22 and attended Florida State University

00:25 on a golf scholarship.

00:26 He started his professional career

00:28 on the Challenge Tour in Europe,

00:30 winning his first event in September 2012

00:32 at the Challenge de Catalunya.

00:34 He went on to win two more times on the Challenge Tour,

00:37 thus granting him a European Tour card

00:40 for the remainder of the 2013 season

00:42 and the whole of the 2014 season.

00:44 Koepka was the first golfer to ever win

00:47 back-to-back majors at the same time.

00:49 He did this by defending the US Open

00:52 and the PGA Championship.

00:54 He defended his 2017 US Open in 2018

00:58 and then defended his 2018 PGA Championship win in 2019.

01:02 He became the 20th men's player to win two majors in a year

01:07 and with these four majors,

01:09 only two active golfers have more majors than him,

01:12 Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

01:14 Koepka is only the fifth men's player

01:16 in the history of golf to win the US Open

01:18 and the PGA Championship in the same year.

01:21 The others were Gene Sarazin, Ben Hogan,

01:24 Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.

01:26 Brooks started playing golf when he was 10 years old.

01:28 This was following a car crash

01:30 that left him with facial injuries

01:31 that meant he was banned from playing contact sports.

01:34 His fiancee, who is often seen celebrating with him

01:37 after victories, is actress Jenna Sims.

01:40 She's been in films alongside the likes of Morgan Freeman,

01:43 Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas

01:45 and she also runs an award-winning,

01:47 non-profit organisation called Pageant of Hope.

01:51 After his CJ Cup victory in October 2018,

01:54 Brooks Koepka became the world number one.

01:57 In doing so, he became the 23rd man to top the rankings.

02:01 Brooks' brother, Chase Koepka,

02:02 is also a touring professional.

02:04 Chase has played on the European and Challenge Tours

02:07 and now competes on the PGA and Corn Ferry Tours.

02:11 Koepka's great uncle, Dick Groat,

02:13 played shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

02:16 He won two World Series

02:17 and was the 1960 National League MVP.

02:21 Sport runs very strong throughout the Koepka family

02:24 and Brooks' favourite teams from other sports

02:26 include Manchester United, the LA Lakers

02:29 and the Green Bay Packers.

02:31 Koepka was Rookie of the Year on the European Tour in 2014

02:34 and then on the PGA Tour in 2015.

02:37 In 2015, he won the Phoenix Open

02:39 and then finished 10th at the Open Championship.

02:42 So, there you have it,

02:44 10 facts you may or may not have known

02:46 about Brooks Koepka.

02:48 Hopefully, you've learned a little bit more

02:49 about the golfer who still has a very long career

02:52 ahead of him.

02:53 For more facts and information about your favourite players,

02:55 you can visit the Tour section on the Golf Monthly website.

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