{"id":1251193,"date":"2024-05-12T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1251193"},"modified":"2024-05-12T18:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T18:17:25","slug":"brooks-koepka-the-one-to-beat-at-pga-championship-andy-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/brooks-koepka-the-one-to-beat-at-pga-championship-andy-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka the one to beat at PGA Championship \u2013 Andy North"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time US Open winner Andy North believes \u201ccontract killer\u201d Brooks Koepka will be the one to beat<\/span><\/a><\/strong> as he defends his PGA Championship title.<\/p>\n

Koepka\u2019s victory at Oak Hill last year made him the first LIV Golf player to win a major after joining the Saudi-funded breakaway and means he has won more majors (five) than regular PGA Tour events (four).<\/p>\n

The former world number one has also won three of the last six US PGA\u2019s \u2013 and finished second in another \u2013 and heads to Valhalla on the back of his record fourth LIV victory in Singapore.<\/p>\n

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Brooks Koepka won LIV Golf Singapore (Jon Ferrey\/LIV Golf via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI think, and I\u2019ve actually said, he\u2019s a contract killer, simply,\u201d ESPN analyst North said on a conference call to promote the year\u2019s second major.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shows up at a major championship, opens his locker and there\u2019s like the \u2018Mission Impossible\u2019 thing. Here\u2019s your assignment, go kill somebody this week. That\u2019s how he approaches golf at major championships. I love it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he probably learned anything from the disappointment at Augusta (a tie for 45th in April\u2019s Masters).<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he knows who he is. He knows what he can do at majors. I think he believes he can win every single major he tees it up in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sure as heck don\u2019t want to bet against him. It looks like he\u2019s figured out something on the greens. He won a week ago.<\/a> I think he\u2019s going to be tough to beat this next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a completely different player four weeks a year than he is the other 48 weeks a year and I love that about him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the fact that he can raise his game at majors where most people\u2019s games go the other way, that\u2019s really a huge testament to him and his mental makeup and how he just determines that he\u2019s going to beat everybody once he shows up at a major.\u201d<\/p>\n