Superlatives flow for Koepka but challenges lie ahead


  • Golf
  • Monday, 20 May 2019

May 19, 2019; Bethpage, NY, USA; Brooks Koepka celebrates with his family after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bethpage State Park - Black Course. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (Reuters) - Brooks Koepka received lots of plaudits for his PGA Championship victory on Sunday and the American will no longer be able to slip into major championships almost unnoticed as he has become the man to beat for the foreseeable future at least.

Winning four major championships in eight starts tends to make a golfer hard to ignore, not that his two-stroke victory over compatriot Dustin Johnson at Bethpage Black on Sunday surprised his peers as he retained his title.

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