Brooks Koepka

Brooks Koepka is an American five-time major champion from West Palm Beach, Florida, ranked approximately world number 10, with victories at the U.S. Open (2017, 2018), PGA Championship (2018, 2019, 2023). No active player has a better ratio of majors won to seasons played, and no one radiates more confidence walking into a major championship week.

Koepka has built his career on a simple principle: he saves his best for the biggest tournaments. He has said it openly, and his record backs it up. Between 2017 and 2019, he won four majors in eight starts, a stretch of dominance that belongs in the same conversation as Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. Back-to-back U.S. Opens at Erin Hills and Shinnecock Hills, then consecutive PGA Championships at Bellerive and Bethpage Black. His 2018 U.S. Open win at Shinnecock, where he navigated the same brutal conditions and controversial green speeds that broke the rest of the field, is directly relevant to 2026 since he returns to the same course.

Injuries slowed him after 2019, and his move to LIV Golf in 2022 raised questions about whether his major-winning intensity could survive outside the PGA Tour's competitive ecosystem. The 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill answered those questions definitively. Koepka led after the second round and never relinquished the lead, played four composed rounds, and won his fifth major with the kind of performance that reminded everyone why he is feared in major weeks. His body language, the cold stare down fairways, the dismissive shoulder rolls after good shots, communicates an intimidating confidence that opponents openly acknowledge.

In 2026, Koepka's return to Shinnecock Hills for the U.S. Open is the most compelling storyline of his season. He won there in 2018 and knows every contour of the course. Aronimink for the PGA Championship is another strong fit, given his three PGA titles. He is eligible for all four: The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship. Fans can check coverage times in United States time.