Brooks Koepka hit 17 of 18 greens on his way to a 6-under 64 to lurk dangerously at 11 under with one round to play World Golf Championships – FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
He will join Rory McIlroy in the final group.
Both have two wins this season. The overnight leader took the THE PLAYERS Championship and the RBC Canadian Open. He was runner up at the World Golf Championships – Mexico Championship and has 11 Top 10s this season including the PGA Championship and U.S. Open. He is third in the FedExCup leading into the week.
Koepka won the PGA Championship and THE CJ CUP @ NINE BRIDGES. He was also runner up three times including The Masters and the U.S. Open. He has a total of seven top 10s including a T4 at the Open Championship. He leads the FedExCup coming in.
‘There’s a lot on the line and a lot to play for,’ Koepka admitted.
‘It will be fun duking it out with him. I don’t know the last time we’ve actually gone kind of toe to toe. I can’t think of anything. But that’s who you want to go up against, especially if he’s going to be playing this good.
‘You want the best players coming down the stretch on Sunday with a chance to win. This golf course I think really brings out some of the better players.’
There are most certainly others in this field who can win the tournament – Matt Fitzpatrick (69) is 10 under, Marc Leishman (63) surged to 9 under where he’s joined by Jon Rahm (68) and Alex Noren (66), and Ian Poulter (67) is in part of a three-way tie for seventh at 8 under with Thorbjorn Olesen (65) and Billy Horschel (69).
