Gone with the 勝利，勝つd: DJ's chance to catch Koepka at PGA
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Brooks Koepka's 載冠（式）／即位（式） in this PGA 選手権 nearly got blown off the ゴルフ course.
It didn't because his main 競争, Dustin Johnson, had just as much trouble keeping his ball in 軽視する the stretch.
Johnson was within one 一打／打撃 of his の近くに friend after a birdie on No. 15, a 穴を開ける he birdied all four 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs. The 3 he 発射 追加するd 重要な 緊張 to what had looked like a runaway 勝利，勝つ by Koepka - until Koepka's seven-発射 lead and the way he was mastering the course disappeared in a flurry of bogeys on the 支援する nine after a birdie at No. 10.
Two of the longest and strongest players on the PGA 小旅行する struggled mightily with the 渦巻くing 勝利，勝つd that at times reached 20 mph in some 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs.
"I knew today, starting off, that it was going to play 堅い," said Johnson, who 負傷させる up two 発射s behind Koepka and will 放棄する the No. 1 最高位の to the 勝利者. "You know, the 勝利，勝つd was up. It was the most 勝利，勝つd we've had all week."
The gusts might have been at their worst on the 16th 穴を開ける, where Koepka pretty much clinched his second straight PGA, his fourth major, and became the first player to 持つ／拘留する two 支援する-to-支援する major 栄冠を与えるs at the same time.
Dustin Johnson 反応するs after a putt on the 17th green during the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the PGA 選手権 ゴルフ tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage 黒人／ボイコット in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Johnson was having what had been by far the best 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the day. He was at 8 under 全体にわたる when his tee 発射 on 16 landed smack in the middle of the fairway. But from 194 yards, his 5-アイロンをかける approach caught a gust and 急に上がるd over the green into 汚い rough.
A nice 半導体素子 out of that toward a 旗 whipping in the 勝利，勝つd got Johnson to 7 feet, but he 行方不明になるd the putt.
"You know, 勝利，勝つd was howling in my 直面する a little bit off the 権利," he said. "I 攻撃する，衝突する a 5-アイロンをかける but almost went 支援する and got a 4-アイロンをかける because I didn't think the 5 was going to even come の近くに, based on the 発射s that I've 攻撃する，衝突する earlier in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する into the 勝利，勝つd. The 勝利，勝つd was just really eating the ball up when you're hitting into it.
"So I tried to 攻撃する，衝突する 肉親，親類d of like just a little low draw. 攻撃する，衝突する the 発射 I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 権利 at the 旗. Just I don't know how it flew 200 yards into the 勝利，勝つd like that."
His 勢い was gone with the 勝利，勝つd, and he also bogeyed the 17th after a tee 発射 井戸／弁護士席 権利 into the rough beside the par-3 green. The 勝利，勝つd again played a 役割.
Koepka, who was on the 15th fairway and knew from the （人が）群がる's reaction that Johnson had dropped a 発射, （機の）カム to 16 having bogeyed four in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動, looking a bit worn and, perhaps for the first time in four days, sensing this was no cinch. He 猛烈に needed to 攻撃する，衝突する the fairway - something he did only six times all day - and did so. From 163 yards he put his ball 49 feet from the 穴を開ける, 供給するing more of a 実験（する）. Koepka passed it by two-putting.
"Probably doesn't sound like much, but the putt on 16 I thought just gave me a little bit more 信用／信任 coming 負かす／撃墜する the stretch," Koepka said. "I know I 行方不明になるd one on 17, but you know, I think 16 helped me make 18."
That was enough for the 29-year-old Koepka to 持つ／拘留する on, 否定するing Johnson a 大規模な 復帰 for his second major 肩書を与える.
"With this ゴルフ course and this 量 of 勝利，勝つd, it's very, very difficult," Johnson said. "So I mean, it's definitely one of the tougher days we've played in.
"明白に I knew starting seven 支援する tha t it was going to be a big feat to catch Brooks. You know, I definitely gave him a run, though, so I was happy with that."
In the end, Koepka was the happiest, even if he hadn't 正確に／まさに 征服する／打ち勝つd Bethpage 黒人／ボイコット - or the 渦巻くing 勝利，勝つd - on Sunday.
"I mean, I challenge anybody to go play this ゴルフ course in 15- to 20 mile-an-hour 勝利，勝つd and see what they shoot," he said.
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Dustin Johnson 運動s off the first tee during the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the PGA 選手権 ゴルフ tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage 黒人／ボイコット in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Brooks Koepka 攻撃する，衝突するs off the 16th tee during the final 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the PGA 選手権 ゴルフ tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage 黒人／ボイコット in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
