Brooks Koepka shot a final-round 7-under 63 to leapfrog the field at the 2024 LIV Golf Greenbrier event Sunday to become the first five-time winner on the three-year old circuit.
It’s Koepka second win this season following the LIV Golf event in Singapore in May. He got back in the winner’s circler Sunday at The Old White Course at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, after outlasting Richard Bland, Jason Kokrak and Jon Rahm down the stretch. Rahm was the 36-hole leader after his second-round 8-under 62 but shot a final-round 5-under 65, matching Koepka after 54 holes.
The duo went to a playoff, where Koepka won with a par. Rahm won the last LIV event in the UK.
Earlier this week, Koepka’s Smash GC teammate Graeme McDowell was suspended for one event for violating LIV Golf’s anti-doping policy.
Koepka banked $4 million for the win. He will also share the $3 million team prize with his Smash GC teammates Kokrak, Talor Gooch and fill-in John Catlin, who subbed in during McDowell’s suspension.
First albatross
On Saturday, LIV Golf had its first albatross when Brendan Steele holed his second shot from 285 yards at the par-5 17th with a 4-wood. It’s also the longest holed shot in LIV Golf.
Steele said he didn’t see it go in.
“We were trying to be aggressive, get it up there and have a chance for a 3,” he said. “It flew like all the way back to the hole and landed really soft and just kind of trickled in, I guess. Really cool. Obviously wasn’t expecting that.”