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:
Koepka extends lead to two shots
Koepka -7 (2), Hovland -5 (2)
A lot of the final groups have taken aim at this pin on the second and Hovland and Koepka are no different.
Hovland goes first and it’s a similar putt to the one Scheffler missed...and so does Viktor. That’s a poor effort from him and the kind of putts you have to be making.
Koepka stuffs his to under five feet and he makes no mistake. The American makes the first move and he leads by two.
Pars all round for Rose and Scheffler
Rose -3 (3), Scheffler -2 (3)
Nothing doing for either player with their birdie attempts on the par-three third and they remain at three and two under respectively.
Great par save for Conners
Conners (-5), DeChambeau (-3)
The Canadian gets in some trouble off the tee but it’s a pin-perfect iron shot from the fairway to allow him to save par. DeChambeau gives his birdie effort a good roll but it just comes up short and he’ll have to settle for par.
Good par save from Hovland
Koepka -6 (1), Hovland -5 (1)
Kopeka fires into the heart of the green but can’t make his birdie effort across the green.
Hovland was in bother off the tee but hacks out from the rough. He catches it hot out of the second cut and it flies through to the rough beyond the green but it’s a super touch from just off the putting surface to set up a par save. Those kinds of chips have often caused trouble for the Norwegian so that effort has to be a positive sign.
Perez into third
Perez -3 (5)
The Frenchman has hardly been on our TV screens this week but he sure will be now - four in a row to move into a tie for third! He uses the slopes of the green nicely to set up the birdie effort on the par three and makes no mistake. He’s aboard the tricky sixth with another look at birdie...
Big par save for Rose
Rose -3 (2), Scheffler -2 (2)
Rose lands himself in the greenside bunker after two and tries to get too cute with the chip. It’s out of the bunker but stays in the thick rough. He looks like he’s going to give a shot straight back like McIlroy but it’s a superb chip-in to save par!! A great recovery from the Englishman and a fist pump of acknowledgement.
Scheffler with another good look at birdie but it’s the same story for him - it slides past the right edge without enough pace. Just can’t buy a putt these last couple of days.
Opening pars for Conners and DeChambeau
Conners -5 (1), DeChambeau -3 (1)
A minor criticism of Conners yesterday was his lack of aggression with the putter but he gives this one plenty of run and it nearly catches a piece of the hole. DeChambeau misreads a good look at birdie but he taps in for par.
Leader Koepka off and running
Koepka (-6), Hovland (-5)
The leader arrive at the tee - a few more cheers greet him but still a smattering of boos. He finds the fairway but Hovland has work to do as his drive runs out of fairway on the right.
McIlroy drops straight back
McIlroy -1 (2), Block +1 (2)
Oh, Rory. Middle of the fairway on the second and it's an unforced error into the rough on the right. He chips it out best he can but it's a long putt coming back...and it races by.
The fine birdie on one is given straight back and he goes back to one under. Block makes par to remain at one over par.
Conners and DeChambeau underway
Conners (-5), DeChambeau (-3)
The penultimate pairing find the fairway with their tee shots and they head out onto the course.
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