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With this win: Brooks Koepka
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With this win: Brooks Koepka

After his Erin Hill heroics, europeantour.com takes a look at the key numbers around Brooks Koepka's first Major win at the 117th US Open Championship.

Brooks Koepka
  • Wins his second European Tour title in his 49th European Tour appearance
  • Could move as high as ninth in the Official World Golf Ranking
  • Wins in his fifth appearance at the US Open, beating a previous best finish of tied fourth in 2014 at Pinehurst
  • Has finished top 20 in each of his last four US Opens (T4-T18-T13-1)
  • At 16 under par, ties Rory McIlroy (2011) as the lowest 72-hole winning score in the history of the US Open
  • His four-shot winning margin is the biggest in the US Open since Martin Kaymer's eight-shot victory at Pinehurst
  • Becomes the 58th American winner of the US Open in 117 editions of the event
  • His 67 on Sunday was the lowest final round by a US Open winner since Tiger Woods in 2000 at Pebble Beach
  • Becomes the first US Open champion to hit 80 per cent of his fairways and 80 per cent of his greens in regulation (stats kept since 1981)
  • Wins his first Major in his 15th career Major appearance
  • Becomes the seventh straight first-time Major winner (a run stretching back to Jason Day at the 2015 US PGA Championship)
  • Has finished in the top 25 in each of the last eight Majors he has played
  • Gains his eighth win as a professional (four on the Challenge Tour, one on the Japan Golf Tour, two on the European Tour and two on the US PGA Tour (both ET and PGA Tour include the US Open win))

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