{"id":638868,"date":"2026-04-30T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638868\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:07:15","slug":"brooks-koepka-adds-interesting-event-to-his-schedule-ahead-of-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638868\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka Adds Interesting Event to His Schedule Ahead of PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">The ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic just got an interesting addition to the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Brooks Koepka has committed to the PGA Tour opposite-field event next week, which will be played against the Truist Championship, a signature event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">The five-time major champion left LIV Golf in December and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/brooks-koepka-will-return-pga-tour-this-month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was brought back to the PGA Tour<\/a> under a newly created returning member program. One of the stipulations of Koepka\u2019s reinstatement was that he could not receive sponsor exemptions into signature events; he can only play them if he qualifies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">The 35-year-old was the first alternate for the signature RBC Heritage two weeks ago, but did not get into the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Koepka has made eight starts this year, with three missed cuts and four top 20s. He recently placed T12 at the Masters and is second on Tour in strokes-gained approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">The Myrtle Beach Classic leads into the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia. Koepka has won three PGAs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/news\/brooks-koepka-five-time-major-champion-wins-third-pga-championship-oak-hill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most recently in 2023<\/a>; though he has not recorded a top 10 in a major championship since then.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">If Koepka were to win in Myrtle Beach for his 10th Tour title, he would receive a spot in the season\u2019s remaining two signature events, the Memorial Tournament and Travelers Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">He is currently listed as the second alternate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/2026-trump-doral-cadillac-championship-field-course-history-tee-times-how-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this week\u2019s Cadillac Championship<\/a> at Trump Doral, a signature event. Koepka was previously the first alternate, but the Zurich Classic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/golf\/matt-fitzpatrick-final-hole-heroics-zurich-classic-secure-brother-pga-tour-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won by the Fitzpatrick brothers<\/a>, reshuffled the field, bumping Scheffler down. Therefore, when Patrick Cantlay withdrew Tuesday, Michael Thorbjornsen received a spot in the field. <\/p>\n<p>More Golf from Sports Illustrated<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic just got an interesting addition to the field.\u00a0 Brooks Koepka has committed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-638868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}