ST. LOUIS (AP) Over an ear-splitting afternoon in which most of the cheers werent for him, Brooks Koepka got a taste of what golf feels like when Tiger Woods is in the hunt.
And in his exhilarating but ultimately futile attempt to catch Koepka at the PGA Championship, Woods got a taste of what its going to take to get back on top in the majors.
Woods provided the thrills Sunday a fist-pumping, club-slamming, roller-coaster ride of a final round in which he threatened from beginning to end but couldnt knock Koepka out of the lead, or deny him the trophy.
Koepka heard the commotion in front of him all day You could hear a different roar like every 30 seconds, so we knew what was going on, he said but did what he does best at the majors: He put on a calm, collected show of precision golf to hold off Woods by two shots and become only the fifth person to win a U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year.
Its tough to beat when the guy hits it 340 down the middle, Woods said. When a guys doing that and hitting it straight, and as good a putter as he is, its tough to beat.
Koepka set the PGA Championship record with a four-day score of 16-under 264.
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