3. 2018 PGA Championship
Bellerive Country Club
St. Louis, Missouri
Brooks Koepka capped off a remarkable season by outdueling the two golfers most responsible for inspiring him to play the game – Tiger Woods and Adam Scott – to win the 100th PGA Championship. Surreal is the word Koepka used to describe it.
On a day that defending PGA champion Justin Thomas caught him early on the front nine, Woods closed within one and Scott tied him with four holes to go, Koepka never buckled en route to shooting 4-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Woods, who shot 64, his lowest score at a major.
Yet it wasn’t enough, and Woods may have put it best when describing how Koepka manhandled Bellerive: “It’s tough to beat when the guy hits it 340 down the middle.”
Koepka became the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in the same year.