Brooks Koepka entered Saturday at the PGA Championship with a seven-stroke lead after setting a new major record with a two-round total of 128.
The field's only chance to get close on Moving Day was the three-time major champ coming back to the pack. Unfortunately for them, that didn't happen.
After opening with a par, Koepka got the birdie train rolling once again, hitting a dart to 5 feet on the par-4 second hole that was so good it appeared to break the ShotTracer:
Brooks Koepka is breaking everything. ?♂️#PGAChamp | @BKoepka pic.twitter.com/GqgVmrDWnr
— PGA of America (@PGA) May 18, 2019
8 shot lead. ?#PGAChamp | @BKoepka pic.twitter.com/ZBLA8XYU5u
— PGA of America (@PGA) May 18, 2019
Koepka went flag hunting again at the par-4 fifth hole, adding another birdie after hitting his approach to inside 3 feet:
Brooks Koepka: more machine than man. ?#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/fFl3xSTOhW
— PGA of America (@PGA) May 18, 2019
Koepka did falter momentarily at the ninth hole, making a bogey after a missed putt from 2 feet. Despite the blemish, Koepka went out in 34 and headed to the back nine with a commanding lead.
Koepka started his inward nine with another bogey at the par-4 10th hole, but was able to rebound from his first back-to back bogeys of the week with a par on 11th hole.