Koepka is a 29yearold floridian with an imposing figure, power off the tee and out of the rough, no obvious weakness in his game and the kind of mental fortitude that majors require. Brooks followed the 63 with a 65 and held a sevenshot lead. Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. J as koepka was on his way to a fourth straight bogey that. Brooks koepka plays through wrist injury from avoiding cart driver with shot may 10, 6. Brooks koepka defies announcers, laws of gravity with escape shot. Then he lost the brutal long island crowd, which began chants of d. Mizuno jpx 919 tour 4pw, with true temper dynamic gold tour issue x100 shafts. Brooks switched from the taylormade m5 to the allnew taylormade sim standard model with adjustable front weight track. Koepka shows fowler and thomas what leftypower looks like.
Brooks koepkas grip with his classic, bladestyle putter is beautifully relaxed. With generous fairways and enormous greens on the horizon, players including dustin johnson, brooks koepka, jon rahm, rory mcilroy, justin thomas and gary woodland will be licking their chops as. Brooks koepka doesnt set up to hit his driver like a golfer. If brooks koepka is the future of golf, what does that future look like. Lets take a look koepka had put the new taylormade sim max driver in play for the abu dhabi hsbc championship, his first event of 2020, but had reverted to the taylormade m5 he used. Brooks koepka was filmed hitting a lefthanded driver 293 yards and hitting an 8 iron lefty. Everything from the width of his stance wider promotes a more stable platform to swing. Check out every angle of brooks koepkas drive on the 15th tee in the third round of the pga championship with this 4d replay. The bombs with the driver, the calm gait, the dudeitsjustgolf attitudeso much of what we saw from brooks koepka in the last two.
The crowd sensed a collapse and began chanting johnsons nickname on the par3 14th as koepka went long and was headed for a fourth straight bogey. Brooks koepkas roots, grounded in western pennsylvania but spread across the globe where he plied his trade, helped turn him into the man he is today the 2017 u. Brooks koepka has made a couple of huge changes to his setup in 2020. Dustin johnson, brooks koepka try not to focus on long. Tiger drains kobes eagle, koepkas cute drive and rorys double eagles.
Callaway md 5 52md 5 56custom 60 wb grind modus 115 wedge putter. The guy is the size of a linebacker and hes one of the premier players on the pga tour. Watch every angle of this brooks koepka drive at the 2019 pga. He stands quite close to the ball, putting his eyes directly over the line. Hes set to play with adam scott, whos at 10under par. The plantation course, host of this weeks tournament of champions, had 68 drives that traveled 400 yards and beyond last year. Brooks koepka hits the green on a 367yard par 4 brooks koepka has one of the fastest drives in the pga and has been recorded at speeds as high as 128 mph. Opens, where the tournament is the ultimate test of driving distance and accuracy. If you saw him on the street and had to guess what sport he played, you would certainly not think golf.
If brooks koepka is the future of golf, what does that. Brooks koepka hits 402yard drive at bridgestone invitational 2018. Koepka survives bethpage black to win pga championship. Brooks koepka is playing in the final grouping of the day today. Long drive champion tries to hit the green on a 555yard par 5 at bay hill. Golf digest challenges him to drive the par 4 17th hole at floridian national golf club from every tee box, the final of which is 367 yards away. With his win at shinnecock hills golf club on long island, the 28yearold floridian is one of seven players to repeat as u.
Brooks koepka made history after claiming his second u. Brooks koepka has the ability to absolutely crush the golf ball by tour standards there is no doubt about that. Brooks koepka using callaway mavrik sub zero golfwrx. Brooks koepka targets brandel chamblee, fuels longrunning. Testing a new sim fairway wood, p790 long iron and sm8 wedges. The perfectly manicured course is 7,244 yards long and just a short drive across town from graceland. Care is taken to select two holes which face in opposite. He gets plenty of respect for his golf abilities, but no one over the mental age of 14 cares about instagram so its not surprising the golf media ask him a few questions then move on to the guys with personalities for storylines. Ranking 5 th currently on the 2014 pga tour swing speed list, koepka averages 122. Brooks koepka pga tour profile news, stats, and videos. Dustin johnson, brooks koepka try not to focus on long drive contest. Brooks koepka hit a 378yard drive, and it was a spectacle brooks koepka is as long off the tee as anyone on the planet. The stock model of the m5 is a golf digest 2019 hot list gold winner for golf drivers.
Golf championships bridgestone invitational, brooks koepka hits his tee. His right index finger is extended, rather than curled around the handle, with virtually no tension in his arms. Orlando there was plenty for brooks koepka to feel good about on sunday at the arnold palmer invitational, beyond the obvious 10stroke improvement on his scorecard from a careerhigh round of. What is the particular type of processor model and operating system on which a computer is based called. Brooks koepka facing a long layoff meanwhile, jazz janewattananond is going to the open and jon rahm takes on superman tue, jan 23, 2018, 12. Open, koepka has won four major championships in eight starts, and seems poised to take many.
Playing in the first round of the genesis invitational, koepka sailed his drive on the par4 second to the right, his ball settling into the kikuyu. Brooks koepka stats, news, pictures, bio, videos espn. This past weekend, the pga tour came to the tpc southwind course in memphis for the fedex st jude invitational. This was at bethpage black, the big and powerful public track on long island whose physique is the golfcourse equivalent of koepkas. We take an indepth look at brooks koepkas workout to see what he does to keep himself in shape. Brooks koepka joined an elite group of golfers on sunday evening. Guess how long your 3 wood that you hit much better is. It is also around degrees which is also easier to hit because loft equals forgiveness.
Koepka made a quiet start on the back nine before getting under the card with a birdie at the long 14th before a pure strike to seven feet. But koepka is still one of the most complete players in the game. In the final round of the 2015 memorial tournament presented by nationwide, brooks koepka records the longest drive of the week with a 377yard tee shot on the par4 17th hole at muirfield village. Brooks koepka spotted with taylormade sim driver in abu. By brentley romine april 21, 2020 bryson dechambeau said monday on twitch that hes considering using a. Brooks koepka calls out rickie fowler and justin thomas after hitting an 8iron 194 yards left handed. Golf digest challenges him to drive the par 4 17th hole at floridian national golf club from every. Brooks koepka is a free agent, so what is he using for 2020. Compilation of pro golf pga tour golfers hitting it over 400 yards, some disgustingly long drives in this dustin johnson, rickie fowler, rory mcilroy, bubba watson, brooks koepka, tiger woods. Pga tour golfer brooks koepka has one of the fastest drives in the pga and has been. Only a handful of guys on tour can match my 122 mph swing. The swing and the numbers june 22, 2017 steve pratt while the erin hills setup did not put a lot of stress on the leaders, brooks koepka should get credit for putting on an enormous run on the back nine to pull away without any. Nike vapor fly pro 3, with fujikura pro 95 tour spec shaft.
Although koepka, who ranked eighth on tour in driving distance last season, said he picked up a few yards with his new driver, the most encouraging addition was a vapor fly 20degree hybrid. And, in his own way, brooks koepka is now dominating his chosen industry and establishing himself as the king. Brooks koepka, the worlds best golfer, has some issues. Equipment is accurate as of the 2018 zurich classic 4242018. Open in 2017 and 2018, and the pga championship in 2018 and 2019, becoming the first golfer in history to hold backtoback titles in two majors. Brooks koepkas top shots from the 201819 pga tour season nonmajors koepka featured in espns this is sportscenter campaign four players nominated for 2019 pga tour. Brooks koepka tries to hit the green on a 367yard par 4 youtube. Perhaps more impressively, he has topped out at 127. In october 2018, he became world number 1 in the official world golf ranking after winning the 2018 cj cup.
Thats longer than a lot of golfers hit their drivers. Brooks koepka goes on historic tear, as tiger woods can only watch. Nick piastowski may 14, 2020 brooks koepka enjoys some target practice. Like all elite bombers, ive learned how to develop several key swing muscles to boost energy and unleash every last ounce of strength at. Six things mere mortals can copy from brooks koepka. Open title, backtoback, becoming the first player to do so since curtis stranges victories in the late 80s. Brooks koepka witb 2019 whats in the americans bag. Watch brooks koepka hits the green on a 367yard par 4. Not only was his long game firing as of old, his short game, honed under the expert eye of coach pete cowen, provided the highlight of the round, a chipin.
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