2023 PGA Championship: Fifth Major for Koepka

Brook Koepka Champion

Brooks Koepka earns fifth career major championship title and third PGA Championship victory!

Brooks Koepka shot a final round of 3-under taking him to 9-under for the tournament and beating Scottie Scheffler (-7) and Viktor Hovland (-7) by 2 shots.

It’s Brooks Koepka’s fifth major championship title: 2017 U.S. Open, 2018 U.S. Open, 2018 PGA Championship, 2019 PGA Championship, 2023 PGA Championship. He is also now 4-for-5 in converting a 54-hole lead/co-lead in to a major to victory.

He is now the sixth player with five major wins, joining Seve Ballesteros, James Braid, Byron Nelson, J.H. Taylor and Peter Thomson.

He’s only the sixth player to win three or more PGA Championship titles joining some of the games greats; Walter Hagen, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead.

Remaining Field

Scottie Scheffler finished 7-under (T2) and had entered the final round four shots off lead, but he tied his career-low score in a major (65) to climb the leaderboard. He returns to World No. 1 for the first time since entering the 2023 Masters Tournament and it’s his third top-10 in four PGA Championship starts.

Viktor Hovland finishes top 10 for third straight major; and the only player in field to post four rounds at even-par or better. He tied second with Scheffler posting a final round of 68 which included a double bogey on the 16th, leaving him at 7-under for the tournament. He has now held a lead/co-lead in the last three majors.

2012 and 2014 PGA Championship winner Rory McIlroy (T7) records eighth top-10 in his 15th PGA Championship start; marks fifth top-10 in last six majors.

PGA professional Michael Block (T15) records best finish by PGA professional since 1986; he also records hole-in-one with a 7-iron at the par-3 15th from 151 yards. It marks the 29th ace at the PGA Championship (since 1983). With Block finishing in the top 15, he earns a spot in the 2024 PGA Championship.

In his seventh attempt to complete the Career Grand Slam, Jordan Spieth finishes T29.