
ST. LOUIS Justin Thomas is trying to become the first player to win back-to-back PGA Championships since Tiger Woods in 2007, but if JT wants a more recent example of the challenges of defending a title he should look to Brooks Koepka.In June, Koepka became the first player to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years since Curtis Strange in 1989, an accomplishment that was complicated by an injury that forced Koepka to miss much of the spring season on the PGA Tour.
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To defend your major is pretty tough, Koepka said on Tuesday at Bellerive. There's a reason that there's only a handful of guys that have ever done it, and I'm sure he's looking to do that this week, but everybody else out here is trying to knock him off.Although the challenges of defending a title, particularly a major championship, can be demanding, theres also a unique sense of excitement that comes with having the opportunity.There's a different feeling when you show up and you're defending, said Koepka, one of this weeks favorites considering he has top-15 finishes in his last three starts at the PGA Championship. You can't wait to get out there. You're not anxious that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday would be over, but you're just excited to get that ball in the air on Thursday.

Angel Yin hopes her experience at the Solheim Cup can help propel her to her first LPGA win Sunday at the Women's PGA. Yin will lean on Solheim experience Sunday at KPMG. Randall Mell.
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Xander Schauffele was voted 2016-2017 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Tuesday by his peers after claiming two wins in his first season on Tour. Schauffele burst onto the scene with a t-5 at the U.S. Open.
Schauffele voted PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
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Xander Shauffele, who won the season-ending Tour Championship, was voted the PGA Tour's Rookie of the Year by the tour's membership. Schauffele, 23, finished third in the FedEx Cup standing after holding off Cup champion Justin Thomas for the title at East Lake in Atlanta.
Xander Schauffele voted 2017 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year

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Webb's last title came at the Founders Cup in 2014. Beth Daniel, by the way, is the oldest winner of an LPGA title. She was 46 when she won the Canadian Women's Open in 2003. Unlike Mickelson, Webb's shifting into part-time mode as a player. She teed it up in just eight LPGA events a year ago, and she's looking at playing only eight to
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Thompson becomes the third player this year to top the $1 million mark on the LPGA Tour. U.S. Women's Open champion Jeongeun Lee6 remains atop the money list with over $1.5 million, with $1
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He thinks a veteran like Davis Love III, another of his assistants who is currently serving a second stint as Ryder Cup captain, would be a great candidate down the road, as well. "I don't think that if you're captain of The Presidents Cup team, it should preclude you from being a Ryder Cup captain (and vice versa)," Haas said.
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KARUIZAWA, Japan - Denny McCarthy's 8-under-par 64 and Bryson DeChambeau's 9-foot birdie putt on the 18th green for a 73 clinched the Eisenhower Trophy for the USA, which staved off a final-round charge from Canada at Karuizawa 72 Golf East on Saturday to successfully defend their 2012 title and win the World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) for the 15th time.
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Rose (63) finding his groove with new golf clubs Source: The Golf Channel SAN DIEGO - Equipment changes are nothing new on the PGA Tour. Every week, players are testing new equipment or tinkering with different options.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. - The first club-enacted course change at Augusta National in more
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Here's the prize money payout for each golfer at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open After 14 holes in the final round of the RBC Canadian Open, it was clear who the winner would be. The drama was
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Webb Simpson announced via Twitter Saturday evening that he had withdrawn from the PGA Tour's RSM Classic due to his "Dad being sick and living his last days." It is currently unknown what
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Webb Simpson was in contention at The RSM Classic but withdrew to be with his ailing father. "Thanks to @Love3d for being such a great tourney host. I WD due to my Dad being sick and living his last days. Thanks for all the support," Simpson tweeted after the third round was complete.
Webb Simpson WDs from RSM to be with dad 'living his last

Police report indicates Tiger Woods on Xanax. Golfer Tiger Woods told officers he was on the drug Xanax at the time he was found asleep at the wheel of his damaged Mercedes-Benz.
Tiger Woods told arresting officer he had taken Xanax: Report
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