Brooks Koepka is chasing a record third consecutive PGA Championship victory, a milestone that hasn’t been matched since Sir Walter Hagen won four times in a row between 1924 – 1927. With Koepka's back-to-back victories at the PGA Championship in ’18 and ’19, he also topped nearly every major statistical category.
Here’s a look at how he’s ranked in the PGA Championship over the last five years:
Scoring average 68.3 1st
Score to par -46 1st
Birdies/eagles 98 1st
Rounds led/co-led 6 1st
Strokes gained total 3.39 1st
Strokes gained off the tee 1.20 1st
Strokes gained tee to green 2.67 1st
How Koepka Ranks in Major Championships since 2017:
Score to par -70 1st
Scoring average 69.3 1st
Rounds in 60s 26 1st
Birdies/eagles per round 4.45 1st
Rounds led/co-led 13 1st
*Brooks Koepka has finished fourth or better in five consecutive major championships. The last player to finish in the top-four in six straight major starts was Ben Hogan more than half-a-century ago.
Most Consecutive Top-4 Finishes in Majors Since 1990:
Brooks Koepka 2018-19 5
Jordan Spieth 2015-16 5
Tiger Woods 2005-06 5
*Koepka was a combined 70 under par in the majors from 2017 to 2019. Not only was that the best of any player, it was the second-best three-year stretch in the last quarter-century.