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 in a row for Perez
Perez -2 (4)
Not content with just two birdies in his first three, the Frenchman makes it three in his first four and he’s now up at two under par.
Rose makes an early move
Rose -3 (1), Scheffler -2 (1)
Anything Rory can do, Justin can do just as well. A glorious second shot into the first sets up a birdie on the first for the Englishman. Spare a thought for Scheffler who hits a lovely putt from 16 feet which does everything but go in as it loops round the hole. Tough break but symptomatic of the ongoing putting woes for the world number two.
Straka bounces back
Straka E (8)
The big-hitting Austrian is putting together a nice round and returns to level par with a birdie on the eighth which loops around the hole’s edge before dropping in.
Birdie for McIlroy
McIlroy -2 (1), Block +1 (1)
Rory makes no mistake and he’s off and running with a birdie. Block gives it a good run with the par-save attempt but it’s got too much pace and misses on the right side. An early dropped shot for the club pro.
Back on the tee, Justin Rose and Scottie Scheffler get underway with both finding the fairway.
Glorious from McIlroy
McIlroy (-1), Block (E)
Block is in trouble up against the back of the fairway bunker. He hacks out but hits an impressive iron in to give himself a chance at saving par. McIlroy makes the most of his excellent drive and hits his approach stone dead. That should be a kick-in birdie to get his round started in the perfect way.
Back-to-back birdies for Perez and Kitayama
Perez -1 (3), Kitayama -1 (5)
Both of these players have enjoyed good years, winning on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour respectively. Their now also both inside the top ten with two birdies apiece early in their rounds. It feels like a score is there to be set out there right now.
McIlroy and Block underway
McIlroy (-1), Block (E)
It’s rare that someone gets more cheers than Rory McIlroy when their name is read out but club pro Michael Block might have just done it. His drive heads towards the left rough and bunker while McIlroy hits the middle of the fairway.
Fleetwood underway
Fleetwood (+1), Suh (E)
Tommy played an impressive round of golf yesterday to leave him just over par for the tournament. He heads off the first with the young American Justin Suh. As they do, the noise builds around the first with McIlroy and Block teeing off shortly after them.
Straka up to even par
Straka E (5)
Sepp Straka is one of those trying to make the necessary move up the leaderboard and he makes his third birdie of the day to get to even par. He’s in trouble in the rough after two on the next hole, though, and will need a good up and down to save par.
Bogey for Lowry at first
Lowry +2 (1), Cole +1 (1)
Shane needs birdies...and plenty of them if he’s to set a score for the leaders. With that in mind, a lip-out bogey five on the first is not what he had in mind. He drops back to two over par.
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