Koepka Blows $455,000 With Final-Hole Double Bogey

Brooks Koepka has made more than $31 million in official earnings on the PGA Tour over the course of his career, so it’s likely that he’s not sweating what happened on Sunday afternoon on the 72nd hole of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational as it pertains to his bank account.

Coming down the stretch trying to chase down Justin Thomas, Koepka bogeyed the easiest hole on the course — the par-5 16th — but got the stroke right back on the next hole, which was playing as the second-hardest hole on the course.

Down one stroke and needing to force the issue, Koepka double-crossed his tee ball and hit it into the penalty area guarding the right side of the fairway. The shot led to a double-bogey 6, which dropped him from solo second place into a four-way tie for second.

Following a clutch birdie on No. 17,

Brooks Koepka has found the water on 18. pic.twitter.com/fUekvgG8Bd

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 2, 2020

While Koepka was chasing trophies, not dollars, the clarification doesn’t mean too much, but to the average golf fan, there was quite a large shift in the money going to Koepka.

Not that he cares, but Koepka just cost himself $455,000 with that double.

$1,150,000 for solo second.

$695,000 for 4-way tie for second.

— Chris Chaney (@Wrong_Fairway) August 2, 2020

Koepka cost himself $455,000 on the last hole, the difference between the payout for solo second place — $1,150,000 — and the four-way tie for second — $695,000.

As expected, Koepka wasn’t worried about the money.

“On 18, you’re one back, you’ve got to take an aggressive line there,” Koepka said of his tee shot that eventually found a watery grave. “I’m not going to bail out in those bunkers. I didn’t hit that bad of a tee shot, maybe just lined up a little bit left or whatever. Pleased with it. Why wouldn’t I be?”

Here’s the complete purse breakdown from the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, courtesy of Golfweek.