The Latest: Short history of Koepka, Spieth in majors
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the PGA Championship on Saturday (all times local):
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Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth have a recent history playing together in a major, but not a long one.
They were in the same group for the opening two rounds of the Masters last month, and at the 2017 PGA Championship, with Koepka finishing each of those four rounds higher on the leaderboard.
They are in the final group at the PGA Championship, with Koepka seven shots ahead at 12-under par.
Oddly enough, it was more than six years ago when Koepka and Spieth were in the second stage of Q-school needing to advance to earn at least limited status on one of the PGA Tour circuits. They shot the same score on the same course and missed out by three shots.
That’s when they went their different ways.
Spieth received a few sponsor exemptions, earned PGA Tour status within three months and won the John Deere Classic in 2013. Koepka went overseas to play the Challenge Tour, winning four times but taking two years to get a PGA Tour card.
