From the Challenge Tour in Kenya to five-time major champion: Brooks Koepka reflects on the sweetest one of them all

Rory McIlroy posted his third straight 69 on Sunday to tie Sepp Straka for seventh at 7-under. Shane Lowry shot 69 himself to tie for 12th at even par.

Brooks Koepka : “It feels good to be back and to get No. 5.” 

Brooks Koepka is not a man prone to emotion. He’s intense, even ruthless, but rarely one to be moved to sappy reflection.

But after a couple years of so much self-doubt that he was physically unable to be the world beater that he was in winning consecutive US Opens (2017-18) and PGA Championships (2018-19), Koepka’s fifth career major title struck a chord deep inside the 33-year-old American.