Following his return to the PGA Tour, Brooks Koepka has already finished three events. And the Cognizant Classic was his best out of the three. But is he still adjusting to the PGA Tour?

“I think a lot of that [adjusting] was first week,” the five-time major champion told the media after wrapping up his final round at the Cognizant Classic. 

“Once you get inside the ropes, it feels natural. I think it's easier once you get inside those ropes. Once the first week, doing all the media stuff and getting all that out of the way, it was a huge thing for me, and now it's just a matter of going to play and build a rhythm.”

Koepka opened the tournament with a 74. But he rebounded with a five-under 66 in the second round and made the cut. It was also his best round in a non-major PGA Tour event in almost four years. And in the final round, he shot a six-under 66 to finish at T9. 

Prior to that, he missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open and made a T56 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open. And the one thing that he managed to change was his putting. 

Brooks Koepka Brings His Confidence Back in Putting

Brooks Koepka switched from his usual Scotty Cameron blade to a TaylorMade Spider Tour X mallet. He finished the final round at Cognizant Classic with a total of 23, even though he ended up three-putting for par on the par-5 finisher. 

He said, “I wasn’t making any putts, I felt like I had to hit it to tap-in distance, and that was putting pressure on everything else. To be able to make a few of those putts, you can kind of build a rhythm and build momentum.”

Nevertheless, with a T9 finish, he seemed happy with the momentum he built with his putts. 

“I just need to play like I did the first day and then putt like I did today,” the 35-year-old said. “I have a feeling the putting will come around. But just been hitting it really good. Just nice to see a red number.”

If he sustains sharper putting alongside strong ball-striking, he’d position himself for a serious resurgence.

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Written by

Krushna Pattnaik

Edited by

Joyita Das