“You could hear a different roar every 30 seconds, so we knew what was going on. It’s pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. The energy in that place was unbelievable,” said Koepka. Everywhere Koepka walked, Tigermania was in full fever on the other side of the ropes, thousands upon thousands frantic to see history. That included the guys in red shirts with the words, “Make Sunday great again”.
All that makes a hard and treacherous landscape for a man in the lead on Sunday at a major. However, none of that stopped him. Not the pressure, nor the humidity, nor Bellerive. Not even Woods shooting 64, the ground was shaking with each of his eight birdies.
It was Tiger Tiger’s crowd. Tiger’s main stage. Tiger’s obvious statement that there is still a lot he might be capable of doing. However, he finished two shots behind. It was Brooks Koepka’s PGA Championship. “It’s kind of pushes you to step up your game,” Koepka said after he held off Woods, “because you know he’s right there if you fall.”
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