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A resurgent Brooks Koepka held disconnected Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland to assertion his 3rd US PGA Championship rubric astatine Oak Hill successful New York state.
Koepka, 33, carded a three-under 67 to triumph his 5th large connected 9 under, 2 shots wide of Scheffler and Hovland.
Scheffler, who returns to satellite fig one, deed a 65 to get to 7 under, portion Hovland - who had a treble bogey connected the 16th - changeable a two-under 68.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was associated seventh connected 2 under.
There was besides a magical infinitesimal erstwhile southbound California nine nonrecreational Michael Block erstwhile again illuminated the East Course with a hole-in-one astatine the 151-yard par-three 15th.
Block's unthinkable effort saw fans successful the galleries erupt, with the 46-year-old disbelievingly asking his playing spouse McIlroy, "Rory, did it spell in?" earlier the 2 shared a lukewarm embrace.
Block's ace is the archetypal astatine this title since 2020 and helped him decorativeness associated 15th, which earns him an exemption for adjacent year's tourney astatine Valhalla.
However, adjacent helium could not distract from a infinitesimal of redemption for his chap American Koepka, who held a four-shot pb astatine April's Masters earlier yet finishing arsenic runner-up to Jon Rahm.
It is the 3rd clip successful 5 years that Koepka has played a large title successful the authorities of New York and travel retired connected top.
And it is each the much singular fixed it comes conscionable 2 years aft undergoing extended genu surgery and pursuing his power to the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf set-up.
Koepka collects the Wanamaker Trophy and a hefty cheque of $3.15m [£2.53m]. He besides becomes lone the sixth subordinate to triumph the Championship connected 3 oregon much occasions - joining Walter Hagen and Jack Nicklaus (five), Tiger Woods (four), Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead (three).
More to follow.
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