Brooks claims fifth major title at the PGA Championship:

Brooks Koepka joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as a three-time winner of the PGA Championship; Scottie Scheffler moves back to world No 1 with runner-up finish; Rory McIlroy ends tied-seventh; club pro Michael Block finishes in share of 15th after amazing hole-in-one on final day.

Brooks Koepka came through a final-round tussle with Viktor Hovland and survived a late charge from Scottie Scheffler to claim a thrilling victory and fifth major title at the PGA Championship.

The former world No 1 held a 54-hole lead for the second successive major but avoided a repeat of his final-round disappointment at The Masters, with Koepka never relinquishing top spot during a thrilling Sunday at Oak Hill.

Koepka mixed seven birdies with four bogeys to post a three-under 67 and finish on nine under, enough for a two-shot victory over Scheffler and Hovland, seeing him join Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as a three-time winner of the PGA Championship.

Scheffler moves back to world No 1 for his tied-second finish and Hovland narrowly missed out on victory after a costly double-bogey on the par-four 16th, while Bryson DeChambeau finished in a share of fourth and Rory McIlroy ended in tied-seventh after a third consecutive 69.

The PGA Tour heads to Texas for the Charles Schwab Challenge and the DP World Tour action comes from the KLM Open in the Netherlands, with both events live from Thursday on Sky Sports Golf.

The men’s major season continues next month at the US Open, where Matt Fitzpatrick returns as defending champion and Los Angeles Country Club hosts for the first time, with extended coverage live from June 15-18.

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