ATLANTA – It was just earlier Sunday morning when Brooks Koepka rebounded from a shaky start to the third round that began Saturday afternoon.
After two early birdies, Koepka hit the reset button Sunday morning and finished the remaining 13 holes bogey free, carding four birdies to take the 54-hole lead. But things began to escape the Player of the Year frontrunner as the pressure increased in the final round.
Koepka opened with five straight pars before finally getting a circle on the card at the par-5 sixth, the easiest hole of the week. A costly double bogey followed at the seventh after his tee shot sailed out of bounds and needed two putts to clean up a messy mistake.
One more birdie followed at the 8th, but the real trouble began at the par-4 12th, where Koepka made the first of three straight bogeys.
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"Just didn't make any putts," said Koepka, who had 30 putts Sunday, most of the week. "You know, those three putts I missed kind of right there in a row, 12, 13, 14, kind of took the air out of everything."
With the problems on the green, Koepka also faced issues off the tee hitting just five fairways Sunday. For as much success and subsequent praise Koepka sees with the big stick, it wasn't working in the final round, and he knew it early.
"It was one of those days where even on the range, I didn't feel very comfortable with the driver," Koepka said. "I felt iron play was good. Just the driver, I just couldn't -- it wasn't fading enough. Everything was kind of left, and it happens once in a while.
"I mean, I can't bring it every day."
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2019-08-25 23:30:00Z
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