PGA Championship 2023 LIVE leaderboard: Latest updates as Brooks Koepka wins fifth major
Koepka responded to the disappointment of his Masters collapse last month to claim his fifth major championship at Oak Hill
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Brooks Koepka held off the challenge of Viktor Hovland and the surging Scottie Scheffler to win his third US PGA Championship title and fifth major.
Koepka, who felt he had "choked" when holding the 54-hole lead at the Masters last month, kept his cool to shoot a final-round 66 at Oak Hill Country Club.
Hovland kept the pressure on and reduced Koepka’s lead to one with five holes to play - but the Norwegian’s chances evaporated with a double bogey at the 16th.
Scheffler’s fine 65 saw the American get to within two of Koepka, who held on to win his first major since his last PGA Championship in 2019.
The highlight of the day came from club professional Michael Block, the 46-year-old making a hole-in-one on the 15th as he played the final round alongside Rory McIlroy, who finished in a tie for seventh place.
Follow all the reaction and latest updates from Oak Hill below:
Three birdies in four for Smith
Smith -2 (16)
He’s fast running out of holes but the low round of the day from the Open Champion. His seventh birdie of the day moves him up to two under par. What a round by the Aussie!
Mixed fortunes for DeChambeau and Conners
Conners -4 (5), DeChambeau -4 (5)
Conners now goes bogey-birdie-bogey as he gifts another one back to the course after he can’t up and down from the greenside rough.
DeChambeau flies one in close and he takes full advantage. His first birdie of the day and the pair are now tied at four under par.
Three birdies in a row for Koepka
Koepka -9 (4), Hovland -6 (4)
This is starting to look ominous. Koepka lays up on the par-five fourth and makes full use of the shorter wedge into the green. Another birdie chance...and another birdie for the American. He’s three under for the round and now nine under for the tournament.
Hovland under pressure also hits a super wedge into the green and makes his birdie to move to six under. Still three back but certainly not out of it.
Birdie for McIlroy
McIlroy -1 (6), Block +1 (6)
That is daylight robbery from Rory on the tough six. He’s way left off the tee with the spectators but stuffs an iron into the heart of the green which feeds down nicely towards the hole. He rolls in a 13-foot putt for birdie and gets back into the red.
Birdie miss for Rose
Rose -3 (5), Scheffler -2 (5)
It’s a super tee shot into the par three from the Englishman and he uses the slope much like Perez did earlier. Unlike his European compatriot, though, he’s unable to take advantage as his putt slides by on the right side.
Scheffler finds himself in the greenside bunker off the tee but a superb up and down saves his par.
Conners bounces back with birdie
Conners -5 (4), DeChambeau -3 (4)
We’ve not seen too much action from this par-five fourth as DeChambeau settles for a par but Conners does make a move courtesy of a beautiful wedge into the green. He taps in and bounces back straightaway after his bogey on the third.
Koepka leads by three with another birdie
Koepka -8 (3), Hovland -5 (3)
Wow. In a blink of an eye, the four-time major champion leads by three. It’s a tee shot to just under five feet by the LIV Golf star and he makes no mistake.
Hovland’s tee shot comes up a bit shorter and he can’t make the lengthier effort - he’s got quite a task on his hands now to chase down Koepka if he keeps playing like this.
Bogey for Conners
Conners -4 (3), DeChambeau -3 (3)
It’s been far from the usual ball-striking clinic so far from the Canadian as his tee shot finds the bunker. He can’t get up and down and he now drops a further shot off the pace. DeChambeau makes par to remain at three under.
American trio into the red
Cantlay -1 (10), Kitayama -1 (8), Reed -1 (7)
Plenty of moves being made from those down the leaderboard. Reed goes to three under par for his round while Cantlay is up at four under par for the day. Kitayama is hanging around too and all three are in the top ten.
Another bogey for McIlroy
McIlroy E (4), Block +1 (4)
Two bogeys in the opening fours holes is the last thing Rory would have wanted but that’s exactly what he’s produced. He races his birdie putt past the hole on the fourth and his par putt coming back lips out on the left side. Back to even par and now seven off the lead.
Block makes par to remain at one over.
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