Brooks Koepka prometió que el domingo en Oak Hill no sería una repetición del domingo en Augusta National.
Koepka se mantuvo fiel a su palabra, y con un 67 (-3) en la ronda final, se lleva el PGA Championship terminando con nueve bajo par, dos golpes delante de Scottie Scheffler (65) y de Viktor Hovland (68).
Koepka y Hovland, jugando juntos en el grupo final, estaban separados por un golpe en el hoyo 16, cuando Hovland mandó su golpe de salida a un bunker de fairway, y con ese tiro perdió cualquier oportunidad que tenía de conseguir su primer major.
Koepka, por su parte, hizo birdie en el 16 y ganaba por cuatro golpes con dos por jugar. Cerró con un bogey en el 17 y un par en el 18.
Esta fue la quinta victoria de Kopeka en un major y su tercer Trofeo Wanamaker (2018, 2019), uniéndose a James Braid, John Henry Taylor, Byron Nelson, Peter Thomson y Seve Ballesteros en el puesto 15 de la lista de ganadores de majors de todos los tiempos.
2023 PGA Championship purse, prize money
Total purse: $17.5 million
1st (Winner): $3,150,000
2nd: $1,890,000
3rd: $1,190,000
4th: $840,000
5th: $700,000
6th: $620,000
7th: $575,000
8th: $535,000
9th: $500,000
10th: $465,000
11th: $430,000
12th: $395,000
13th: $365,000
14th: $335,000
15th: $309,000
16th: $288,000
17th: $268,000
18th: $248,000
19th: $228,000
20th: $213,000
21st: $198,000
22nd: $185,000
23rd: $175,000
24th: $165,000
25th: $155,000
26th: $145,000
27th: $135,000
28th: $125,000
29th: $116,500
30th: $110,000
31st: $105,000
32nd: $100,000
33rd: $95,000
34th: $90,000
35th: $85,000
36th: $80,000
37th: $75,000
38th: $70,000
39th: $65,000
40th: $60,000
41st: $55,000
42nd: $50,000
43rd: $48,000
44th: $46,000
45th: $44,000
46th: $43,000
47th: $42,000
48th: $41,000
49th: $40,000
50th: $39,000
51st: $38,000
52nd: $37,000
53rd: $36,500
54th: $36,000
55th: $35,500
56th: $35,000
57th: $34,500
58th: $34,000
59th: $33,500
60th: $33,000
61st: $32,500
62nd: $32,000
63rd: $31,500
64th: $31,000
65th: $30,500
66th: $30,000
67th: $29,500
68th: $29,000
69th: $28,500
70th: $28,000
71st: $27,500
Players missing the cut and turning in a 36-hole score will be paid $4,000 each. Any player who made the cut but does not submit a 72-hole score will also be paid $4,000.
Fuente: golfchannel.com