Brooks Koepka stands tall at a US Open where the whiners go home early
American keeps his nerve through four brutal days at Shinnecock Hills to become the first player in almost 30 years to go back to back
The whiners went home early, beaten down by Shinnecock Hills and the USGA’s clumsy efforts to turn the venerable golf course into something it was never meant to be.
Brooks Koepka stood tall, holding a US Open trophy high for the second straight year because he knew what it took to win.
“You got to have some grit, some heart,” Koepka, 28, said the night before. “I mean, I’ve won one, so why not win another?”
Why not, indeed. Whining is for losers, and the man who emerged from the chaos to become the first player to win back-to-back Opens in nearly 30 years didn’t have time for it from the moment he set foot on Shinnecock Hills.
He went about his business while others fretted about green speeds and the wind. He kept his mouth shut as others complained the pins were too severe and the greens too bumpy.
