Weekly Read Fore! Things: Koepka's Place in History, a Busy Week Ahead in Texas, Washington D.C.
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Fore! Things
1. Brooks Koepka became the sixth player to win five major championships as well as three PGA Championships when he captured the tournament Sunday at Oak Hill Country Club.
2. Koepka has been strong in the PGA overall. In addition to his three wins, he has three other top-10s in 11 starts in the tournament.
3. With a runner-up finish, Scottie Scheffler went back to No. 1 in the world ahead of Jon Rahm. Scheffler also jumped Rahm for No. 1 in the new SI Golf World Rankings.
4. Viktor Hovland keeps giving himself chances. His tie for second at the PGA was his third-straight top 10 in a major following the British Open and the Masters.
Fore! More Things
1. Sam Burns defends his title this week at the Charles Schwab Cup at Colonial, where No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is also in the field with a number of top-ranked players including Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau and Max Homa.
2. There will be no time off for Brooks Koepka. He is part of the LIV Golf field that plays this week in Washington, D.C. It is the seventh of 14 LIV events this year.
3. Monday marked the first day of final U.S. Open qualifying at an event in Dallas. There will be 10 more in two weeks, including nine in the United States and one in Canada. The qualifiers are 36 holes. The U.S. Open field prior to Monday’s qualifier was at 84 players.
4. The first round of the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club is in 24 days.