Big-Time Brooks: Koepka Prevails In Frenzied Phoenix Finish - Dog Leg News

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Tom Edrington spent the first 10 years of his misguided youth as a sports writer for the Tampa Tribune. His career brought him face to face with many of sports greatest stars -- Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Muhammad Ali, Don Shula, countless Hall of Fame NFL stars, more PGA Tour players than he can count. In 1980 he was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America for writing the best news story that year, his coverage of Jack Nicklaus' U.S. Open victory at Baltusrol. Today, 36 years later, golf is still a great part of his life, thanks to competitive playing days and the wonderful people he has met on this fabulous journey.

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    RM

    Glad to see him back in the hunt. Always impressive when a player comes back from an injury or other problem, and it makes for a more interesting year when more of the superstars are in the mix.

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      Tom Edrington

      A lot of people share the same sentiments as you RM; That shot at 17 was difficult just to get close but Brooks hit a PERFECT shot — we don’t see many of those when the heat is turned up do we?

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        baxter cepeda

        We really don’t. But Brooks is one of the few who’s proven a number of times he can.

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    baxter cepeda

    It is all in how you look at it tom.

    Look at it this way Xander like Tony are super clutch at getting second; both making birdie at their finishing holes to achieve those feats yet again. You cannot make this stuff up.

    Imo At the end of a weekend of amazing story lines in golf — ending with DJ taking care of just enough business in Saudi Arabia to The former number 1s BFF Brooks stealing the show in an unbelievable Scottsdale event — it was these two American bridesmaids continuing their ways which is the most incredible and unbelievable.

    Maybe they could both make cameos in the next flick from that bridesmaids franchise.

    Jordan spieth and Steve stricker were great stories even Sans wins. These two ultra loveable tour pros found their pga tour games in such different ways.

    While everyone especially spieth was on a roller coaster all week Steve steady eddied himself to contending all the way to the last hole. In the end they both needed a bit of clutch that never came. But it’s hard to say they choked considering their situations.

    Hahn’s jeckyl and Hyde round was memorable for at least trying to be clutch only to crash and burn in the tightest of collars sort of way.

    DJ won thanks to whom knows how much euro choking at the sight of the real cool hand Golfer. DJ not only lulled the euros to sleep he put me to sleep two different times trying to watch that finish.

    Brooks woke everybody up with the way he finished. Koepka clinically noticed all the chocking going on— even Hahn whom playing alongside Brooks was the only one not chocking— and had no choice but turning on the burners.

    The best part for Brooks was basically avoiding playing with the pressures of leading.

    In a sad day where we learned of the death of JTs grandpa, It’s great to see Brooks and Jordan back, as not too long ago some people were writing their Golf Eulogies (as so often happens).

    Both miraculously are back from the dead. Both have a ways to go but no one is looking at these two as sad stories anymore, are we now?

    But while we can look at second as a good thing; we are increasingly looking at Xander and Tony as first losers; which is never good.

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