Brooks Koepka won the final individual event of the inaugural LIV Golf Tour in Jeddah, securing his first win on the Saudi-backed series since making the switch from the PGA Tour.
The four-time major champion beat his Smash GC teammate Peter Uihlein in a three-hole playoff after Uihlein found the water with his third shot on the par-5 18th hole.
Koepka made three birdies in the playoff and eventually wore down his fellow American. He carded rounds of 62, 67 and 69 at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club to reach the top of the leaderboard with Uihlein.
The 32-year-old became emotional after his breakthrough victory as he revealed he almost walked away from his career after countless injuries and medical procedures.
"They haven’t been fun. So, it’s been a long road. I’m super excited. My whole team, we got the band back together, literally, a couple of months ago. We got Claude back on the team; and Pete - I’ve worked with Pete very, very hard; and Jeff as well. So a shout-out to them. This is for them," he said.
An emotional win for @BKoepka #LIVGolf #LIVGolfJeddah pic.twitter.com/IUes22ss3l
— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) October 16, 2022
But he's back and he became the seventh benefactor of a $4 million payout on the LIV Golf Series in 2022. With Smash GC winning the team event too, both Koepka and Uihlein banked an extra $750,000.
There is just one event left: the Team Championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami which begins on October 28. All 12 teams will play for the staggering $50 million purse.
4 Aces, Crushers, Fireballs and Stinger GC are the four teams which have automatically progressed to the semi-finals. The other eight teams will play for places in the last eight.
Win: Brooks Koepka, -12, $4,000,000
Playoff: Peter Uihlein, -12, $2,125,000
T-3: Joaquin Niemann, -11, $1,275,000
T-3: Sergio Garcia -11, $1,275,000
T-5: Matthew Wolff, -10, $816,666.67
T-5: Dustin Johnson, -10,$816,666.67
T-5: Paul Casey, -10, $816,666.67
T-8: Bernd Wiesberger, -9, $602,500
T-8: Charl Schwartzel, -9, $602,500
T-10: Anirban Lahiri, -8, $550,000
T-10: Abraham Ancer, -8, $550,000
T-12: Talor Gooch, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Jediah Morgan, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Chase Koepka, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Lee Westwood, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Graeme McDowell, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Patrick Reed, -7, $289,714.28
T-12: Carlos Ortiz, -7, $289,714.28
T-19: Charles Howell III, -6, $210,000
T-19: Sihwan Kim, -6, $210,000
T-21: Bryson DeChambeau, -5, $172,500
T-21: Cameron Smith, -5, $172,500
T-21: Jason Kokrak, -5, $172,500
T-21: James Piot, -5, $172,500
The winning putt! @BKoepka #LIVGolf #LIVGolfJeddah pic.twitter.com/B9tP62XLiJ
— LIV Golf (@LIVGolfInv) October 16, 2022
T-25: Phachara Khongwatmai, -4, $164,000
T-25: Richard Bland, -4, $164,000
T-25: Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, -4, $164,000
T-28: Branden Grace, -3, $156,000
T-28: Sam Horsfield, -3, $156,000
T-28: Laurie Canter, -3, $156,000
T-28: Louis Oosthuizen, -3, $156,000
T-28: Ian Poulter, -3, $156,000
T-33: Harold Varner III, -2, $149,000
T-33: Hideto Tanihara, -2, $149,000
T-35: Marc Leishman, -1, $144,000
T-35: Wade Ormsby , -1, $144,000
T-35: Phil Mickelson, -1, $144,000
T-38: Henrik Stenson, +1, $138,000
T-38: Sadom Kaewkanjana, +1, $138,000
T-38: Turk Pettit, +1, $138,000
T-41: Hudson Swafford, +2, $131,000
T-41: Cameron Tringale, +2, $131,000
T-41: Scott Vincent , +2, $131,000
T-41: Shaun Norris, +2, $131,000
45: Matt Jones, +3, $126,000
46: Pat Perez, +6, $124,000
Withdrawn: Martin Kaymer
Withdrawn: Kevin Na
Team payout info:
Win: Smash (Brooks Koepka, Chase Koepka Peter Uihlein, Jason Kokrak), $3,000,000
2: Fireballs (Sergio Garcia, Abraham Ancer, Carlos Ortiz, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra), $1,500,000
T-3: Crushers (Bryson DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III), $250,000
T-3: 4 Aces (Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch, Pat Perez), $250,000