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ATLANTA, GA – SEPTEMBER 21: Brooks Koepka of the United States plays his shot from the third tee during the second round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on September 21, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /

Brooks Koepka is here to shake off your misconceptions. He was once fairly criticized as a boring interview and a player who didn’t offer much in the press room. Now he’s willing to speak his mind with unrelenting honesty.

He also shook the label that he only rises up at majors by winning the WGC-FedEx St. Jude.

Some might think he’s going to mail it in this week. I envision the opposite.

Something tells me he’s going to have a chip on his shoulder for being third in the FedEx Cup despite being far and away the best player this season. He’s a competitor and I think Koepka will relish the task of having to play catch up.

BK’s played East Lake three times with a solo sixth-place finish in 2017 his best result. He was T-24 last week at the BMW Championship where he fired 68-71-72-67. He got the putter rolling on Sunday at Medinah, gaining 3.796 strokes on the greens. If he can clean up his driving (53.57%), he should do well at East Lake.

His 2018-19 season highlights are abundant: PGA Championship win, WGC-Memphis win, runner-up at the Masters and U.S. Open, Wyndham Rewards bonus prize winner and on and on.

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For the season, Koepka ranks 11th in strokes gained tee to green and 16th in SG approach.

Koepka will erase the four-shot deficit and round out his Player of the Year campaign in style.

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