Getty Brooks Koepka of the United States tees off during the final round of the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course on May 19, 2019.
Brooks Koepka won his second-straight PGA Championship Sunday at Bethpage Black, finishing the weekend with an 8-under par. It is also his fourth major in his last six appearances. Many have compared his recent run to peak Tiger Woods, his tee partner on Thursday and Friday.
It wasn’t exactly a clean day in Farmington (N.Y.) for the former Florida State Seminole. He recorded five bogeys on the back-9 to end the day 4-over par. However, his 7-stroke lead over the first three days was enough to keep a surging Dustin Johnson at bay down the stretch.
He entered the weekend No. 5 on the PGA Tour Money list at $3,925,127 with Matt Kuchar sitting on top. With the PGA Championship’s 1st-place prize of $1.98 million, he surpassed all in front of him to finish the weekend with $5,905,127.
Kuchar and Rory McIlroy finished in a tie for 8th, earning $319,000 each. Xander Schauffele tallied $170,700 after tying for 16th-place. Dustin Johnson finished second and earned $1.18 million, not enough to hold off Koepka.
Over his 7-year career, Koepka had earned $24,583,929 entering the weekend. Koepka now has raked in $26,563,929 on the PGA Tour since turning pro in 2012. This number goes up just $3.16 million when you factor in his seven international victories, as well as various other competitions.
His biggest payouts, naturally, came from his major wins at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. He earned $2.16 million from each his 2017 and 2018 U.S. Open titles. Last year’s PGA Championship yielded $1.98 million, as well.
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In an article on Golf.com in February 2018, Koepka demonstrated that he knows how he likes to spend his big paychecks: clothing and food.
Koepka is a clotheshorse, too. The discussion of his favorite designers was interrupted by the doorbell. A woman brought in dozens of cardboard take-out containers, each containing a different entrée to be sampled. Koepka was testing out meal-delivery services, searching for the right one to cater to his strict diet. The swordfish was excellent.
Koepka bought a house in Jupiter (Fla.) from fellow PGA pro Keegan Bradley in late 2015. The home was purchased for $2.5 million and has seen several renovations under the redesign work done by Graeme McDowell’s wife Kristin (per Golf.com in 2018).
Koepka’s house backs up to the Intracoastal Waterway, and his garage was a riot of stand-up paddleboards and other toys, including a Mercedes AMG G 63 SUV. (The BMW sedan was parked in the driveway.) Inside, the house was redolent of lemon and new money. Koepka purchased the house from another major championship winner, Keegan Bradley, then hired Graeme McDowell’s wife Kristin to remodel the interior. (She has her own design firm and first met McDowell when he hired her to work on one of his houses.) Koepka’s bachelor pad has a sleek look, with stone, metal and modern furnishings. Adjacent to the kitchen, Koepka installed a wine room big enough to house hundreds of bottles and an inviting seating area.
2019 PGA Championship Payouts
1st | $1,980,000
2nd | $1,188,000
3rd | $748,000
4th | $528,000
5th | $450,500
6th | $380,000
7th | $343,650
8th | $319,600
9th | $295,600
10th | $272,380
11th | $251,590
12th | $242,400
13th | $214,800
14th | $199,050
15th | $184,280
16th | $170,700
17th | $161,000
18th | $152,000
19th | $143,000
20th | $134,000
21st | $125,000
22nd | $116,000
23rd | $107,000
24th | $100,000
25th | $93,000
26th | $87,000
27th | $82,000
28th | $77,000
29th | $74,000
30th | $71,000
31st | $68,000
32nd | $65,000
33rd | $62,000
34th | $59,000
35th | $56,000
36th | $53,000
37th | $50,000
38th | $48,000
39th | $46,000
40th | $44,000
41st | $42,000
42nd | $40,000
43rd | $38,000
44th | $36,000
45th | $34,000
46th | $32,000
47th | $30,250
48th | $28,500
49th | $27,500
50th | $26,500
51st | $25,500
52nd | $25,000
53rd | $24,500
54th | $24,000
55th | $23,500
56th | $23,000
57th | $22,500
58th | $22,200
59th | $21,900
60th | $21,600
61st | $21,400
62nd | $21,200
63rd | $21,000
64th | $20,800
65th | $20,600
66th | $20,400
67th | $20,200
68th | $20,000
69th | $19,800
70th | $19,600