Brooks Koepka In Vegas — Time To Make A “Major” Bet?

Brooks Koepka’s back, living large and the star in Vegas this week where the money flies and the bets abound.

This is the new Brooks Koepka, the world’s No. 1, winner of four major championships and a guy who absolutely, positively doesn’t mind letting you know the way things are meant to be.

He doesn’t mind if he rubs you the wrong way, after all, he’s at the top of the heap, everyone else is looking up at him.

“I’m not your typical golfer, definitely not a golf nerd. I have an athlete’s mentality, a true athlete, and if that rubs people the wrong way, tough.  I’m just going to say what I feel, I’m going to be honest and I’m not going to hold back. That’s who I am.”

So said BK in his latest interview with GOLF.com.

No, this guy isn’t typical.  Tough to argue against that “true athlete” statement.  Just gander a look at him.  Fills out a golf shirt pretty nicely and didn’t mind going au natural in the ESPN “Body Issue” where he basically removed all he clothing from his body.

No, he doesn’t mind rubbing people the wrong way.  He has declared that the majors are the easiest to win, more so than other golf tournaments and if you look at his record, it states that to a tee.  He’s got seven wins — four majors (’18 and ’19 PGA, ’17 and ’18 U.S. Open).  He has just three regulars — ’15 Waste Management, ’18 C.J. Cup and last season’s WGC-St. Jude.

So when you look at his performance in regular events, well, you just might bet against him.  He’s in the perfect place to do that this week.  The TPC Summerlin is the site for the Shriners Hospitals For Children event.  Yes, it’s a regular PGA Tour event and a cross-over event to boot.  Bryson  “The Snail”  DeChambeau won this last year.

Which brings us back to the world’s No. 1.

He’s the main attraction this week.  Pat Cantlay (No. 7) is in the field and is the only other top 10 guy in the field. Lucky No. 13,  Tony Finau is back from Scotland.  Long flight to Vegas.

This is a great cause.  These hospitals do great work, necessary work for injured children.  So it’s nice that Koepka is showing up to bring some street cred to the event.

So while we’re at it, in the city gambling created, what bets would you place on Koepka?

First thing you might want to do is go to any of the sports books and check the odds on Brooksie to win any given major.  Will Koepka win a major this season?  He won just one last year and could have denied Tiger Woods that Masters victory had he not dunked his tee shot into Rae’s Creek at the short but menacing 12th hole.  Basically, when you say the world major, the first name that has to come to mind is Koepka.  He’s found the formula, hasn’t he?

First there’s The Masters.  Can he win there — no doubt.

The PGA is at Harding Park in San Francisco.  Can he win there — sure.

The U.S. Open is at Winged Foot.  Can he win there?  You know what Brooks would say — the harder the better.

The Open Championship is at Royal St. George’s.  Can he win there?  Well, if you had to bet against him, the Open Championship might be the venue.

Other than that, he’s the guy.

So yes, Koepka is the perfect guy to bet on to win any major.

Sure, maybe he rubs some people the wrong way but he’s collecting some fancy hardware in the process.

Tough to argue with that.