PARAMUS, N.J. Brooks Koepkas road to becoming a three-time major champion is very much less traveled, but he wouldnt change a thing.After turning pro in 2012, Koepka failed to advance out of the second stage of PGA Tour Q-School and also failed to earn playing privileges at the European Tours qualifying tournament; so he took an alternate route by playing the European Challenge Tour.He won once on the secondary circuit in 12, and quickly progressed with three victories on the Challenge Tour before June in 2013 while playing a schedule that included tournaments from Kenya to Portugal. It was a unique introduction to professional golf and one that Koepka wouldnt change.
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It wouldn't be this. I wouldn't be where I am at today, Koepka said Wednesday at The Northern Trust. To maybe spend a year on the [Web.com Tour], I wouldn't be the person I am today. I definitely learned a lot about myself traveling Europe and you're on your own for months at a time.Koepka played his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2015 and, despite a wrist injury that forced him to miss a large portion of this season, he begins the playoffs third on the points list thanks to victories at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
In 2013, Koepka made his debut as a member of the European Tour. The following year, when he played at the U.S. Open, he finished fourth and earned his PGA Tour card for the 2014-15 season, which is when Koepka was nominated for PGA Tour Rookie of the year.
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Koepka's tally in golf's big four now matches that he achieved on the European Challenge Tour in 2012 and 2013 as he made his start in the professional game, an experience he has often credited as a big step in his development.
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Brandel Chamblee isn't one to be knocked off of his perch. Following a rebuttal from his latest muse, Brooks Koepka, in which the three-time major champion expanded upon his feelings about the 56-year-old Golf Channel analyst, Chamblee joined Hank Haney Golf Radio on Tuesday to flesh out his reasoning for excluding Koepka from his two-person list of players who could challenge Tiger Woods.
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The day after his third Challenge Tour win of 2013, Koepka qualified for the 2013 Open Championship. Koepka made his debut as a member of the European Tour (he played in three events prior to promotion to membership) at the Scottish Open, finishing T12.
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PARAMUS, N.J. - Brooks Koepka's road to becoming a three-time major champion is very much less traveled, but he wouldn't change a thing. After turning pro in 2012, Koepka failed to advance out of the second stage of PGA Tour Q-School and also failed
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On Tuesday, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee made an appearance on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio with host Hank Haney where Chamblee further explained and doubled down on his belief that Brooks Koepka is "not in the class" of Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, or Rory McIlroy.
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Brooks Koepka says his experience playing the European Challenge Tour helped make him what he is today - a three-time major champion. Brooks Koepka: Challenge Tour made me what I am | Golf Channel
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Jun 09, 2019 · G reat news for all those Brooks Koepka fans backing their man to make history at this week's US Open - the world No 1 played nothing like his best in his prep event.. Koepka, the 29-year-old
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Tiger Woods is back to winning majors, but it is a once-overlooked amateur who appears to be in a position to become the heir to Tiger's throne as this generation's most dominant golfer.
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