(Reuters) - Brooks Koepka, who won his maiden PGA Tour title on Sunday in Phoenix, said failing to earn a PGA Tour card in 2012 and going to play in Europe instead turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
The long-hitting Koepka, a native Floridian, won four times on the second tier European Challenge Tour and last November broke through for his first European Tour victory at the Turkish Airlines Open.
