Brooks Koepka already knows where some of his winnings will be going from the final LIV Golf series event of the season in Jeddah.
The four-time major champion landed his maiden victory on the Saudi-backed tour in dramatic fashion, having finished the 54-hole event joint first on 12 under par with teammate Peter Uihlein. It meant a playoff, with the pair both notching birdies on the first two sudden death holes.
But on the third, compatriot Uihlein found the water and Koepka capitalised, pocketing a huge £3.6million. But the American wasn't done there, also tasting success in the team event.
The Smash Golf Club quartet of Koepka, Uihlein, brother Chase, and Jason Kokrak, carded a combined total of 33 under at Royal Greens Golf and Country Club. That bagged each player a £600,000 bonus, taking Koepka's overall prize fund from Jeddah to a mammoth £4.2million.
But he won't be spending all of it on himself, having made a pre-tournament promise to his younger sibling. And the 36-year-old Ryder Cup star - who has previously slammed the decision not to include LIV events in the world rankings - has vowed to stay to true to his word.
“Honestly to me the big thing today was getting the team wins," he said. "I told my brother I’d buy him a Lambo [Lamborghini] if he won the team thing, so now I’ve got to go buy one.”
After his win, an emotional Koepka claimed he came close to quitting the sport before his decision to end his PGA Tour career and join his brother, 28, in Greg Norman's rebel series. And he paid tribute to his elite coaching team of Peter Cohen, Claude Harmon III and Jeff Pierce for reinvigorating his game.
"A couple months ago I got Claude back on the team and Pete who I've worked with very very hard and Jeff as well. Shoutout to them, this is for them," he said.
"I didn't know if my career was over for a half-second and I told Claude that I wasn't sure whether I was going to play so it's nice to come back and be able to win," he added. His focus will now turns to Miami at the end of October, for LIV Golf's season-ending team event where 12 teams will compete for a mammoth £45 million prize.
