Full disclosure here: I was rooting for Brooks Koepka during the final few holes of the Phoenix Open.
There are a number of reasons for this, but chiefly I was pulling for the American because I picked him, and I've only correctly picked a winner three times in three seasons.
So I was living and dying with every shot he hit.
Let's walk through the final four holes worth of those shots.
No. 15 (Par 5)
Koepka goes for the green in two because Koepka does not lay up (more on that in a minute). Just off the fringe, Koepka hit the putt that probably won him the tournament.
"Everything was two, three feet short, especially on the back nine," Koepka said. "I don't know why the speed control was off a little bit. Going through the fringe, uphill, just gave it a whack. And then it went in, thankfully."
That tied him for the lead with Martin Laird as they headed to No. 16.
No. 16 (Par 3)
Koepka calmly hit his tee shot to 23 feet and knocked on the cup's door before somehow bailing stage left for par. It was unfathomable, given where his putt looked like it was headed, that it didn't go in.
Koepka still tied with Laird.
No. 17 (Par 4)
He blasted a 3-wood about 339 yards through the green. Thankfully for him, it wasn't 340 yards because it stopped about a yard shy of the water.
"I thought it was in the water when I saw it disappear, and one of the camera guys said it stayed up," said Koepka. "I still don't know how."
He takes three strokes, makes par and Laird makes bogey so the youngster has a one-stroke lead going to No. 18.
No. 18 (Par 4)
This was my favorite moment of the tournament. Standing on the 18th tee box with a one-stroke lead over the two dudes he was playing with, he yanked driver and ended the life of a poor Titleist ball. Oh, and it was a baby cut right over a long swath of water.
He murdered it.
And really, not to be too hyperbolic, it was the epitome of his generation of golfers.
When it would have been easy to pull a hybrid or long iron and play it safe over the water, Koepka showed that he doesn't like to take the easy route.
Who did he learn that from? How about Rory McIlroy.
"I think driver, he just pulls driver every hole," said Koepka. "Just trying to learn a little bit just from watching him play a little bit, but it's been a big help."
Then it was pin high with his second shot and two putts for the win.
"I don't think it's sunk in yet, but it's special," said Koepka. "It's special to have it here with such an unbelievable crowd and unbelievably run tournament. I'm thankful this is my first win."
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