"It’s true he gifted 15 to Tiger Woods" - Fans react to Brooks Koepka saying he's 'blown' opportunities to beat Phil Mickelson, Woods at Majors
2023 PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka believes he can win 12 Major tournaments in his career. The golfer has been in incredible form lately, and he won the fifth Major of his career earlier this year. However, he has now said he wants to take his Major tally count to double digits.
On a recent episode of the Fore Play Podcast, Koepka spoke about his chances of winning more Majors. The American said he's blown opportunities to beat six-time Major champion Phil Mickelson and 15-time Major champion Tiger Woods.
The NUCLR Golf shared a short clip of the podcast on its X account with a caption saying:
"Brooks Koepka says he believes he can win 12 majors. Do you agree? Says he’s 'blown' opportunities to Phil, Tiger among others."
Fans jumped into the comments section to take a jibe at the LIV golfer, saying sarcastically that he 'gifted' 15 Major titles to Tiger Woods. One user wrote:
"It’s true he gifted 15 to Tiger."
"Gave him 15?! Just when I thought he couldn’t be any more unlikeable," wrote another fan.
"12 major agianst the current field in golf when he’s already what 33 34? Yeah good luck," yet someone commented.
Here are some more fans reactions:
Brooks Koepka's Major tournament results
Koepka has played the four Majors regularly, and won five of them so far. He won his first Major in 2017 at the US Open.
Koepka played four rounds of 67-70-68-67 to finish with a score of under 16. He registered a four-stroke victory over Brian Harman (2023 The Open Championship winner) and Hideki Matsuyama (2021 Masters winner).
His second Major victory came in 2018 at the US Open. He defeated Tommy Fleetwood by one stroke after finishing with a score of one-over par.
Koepka did not have a good start at the event. He played the first round of 75 before playing another round of 66. He scored 72 in the third round and 68 in the final.
Later that year, Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship, defeating Tiger Woods by two strokes. He played four rounds of 69-63-66-66 to finish with a score of 16-under 264.
Koepka defended the title in 2019, and also won the PGA Tour Championship in 2023.
His best finish at the Masters came in 2019, when he tied for second position. Interestingly, earlier this year, Koepka again finished in second position at the Masters, tying with Phil Mickelson. He also finished fourth at The Open Championship in 2019.
It is important to note that there are only three golfers so far whose Major wins count in double digits.
Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus holds the record for winning the most Majors in his career, with 18. He is followed by Tiger Woods, who has won 15, and Walter Hagen (11). Ben Hogan and Gary Player won nine each and Tom Watson won eight.