Hopefully no one informs Brooks Koepka that, despite taking home half of the major hardware in 2018, he only landed at No. 3 on our list of the year’s biggest newsmakers.
After all, that’s the type of information that could fuel a grand-slam bid in 2019.
Koepka’s narrative, perceived or otherwise, was at the crux of his resurgent summer. There was a lingering sense among his tight-knit camp that his U.S. Open triumph last year at Erin Hills was written off as a fluke – more a product of an outlier golf course than a testament to his overall game.