2020 Masters: Top 10 power rankings at Augusta National

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Apr 14, 2019; Augusta, GA, USA; Brooks Koepka after putting on the 2nd green during the final round of The Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports /

Forgive me if you’ve heard this before, but Brooks Koepka is very good at the majors. He’s got four of them, you know.

As long as he’s healthy, it’s hard to not project him to contend at one of these events. The Florida man hasn’t won a green jacket, but he’s still played awfully well at Augusta National.

Koepka has made the cut in all four Masters appearances. He also improved each time, finishing T-33rd (74-71-71-72) in 2015, T-21st in 2016 (73-72-76-72) T-11th in 2017 (74-73-71-69) and T-2nd (66-71-69-70) in 2019. BK was injured in 2018.

He was a co-leader through 18 and 36 holes last year and was in the final group on Sunday going toe to toe with Tiger.

Koepka isn’t cracking some sort of code with the quote I’m about to provide, but in a way his simplistic approach to golf in general is what makes him so good.

“I mean, a lot of the times, you’re just trying to find the uphill putt out here,” Koepka was transcribed by ASAP Sports prior to the 2019 Masters, “and if you hit a lot of greens and leave yourself some uphill putts, you’re going to have some good chances.”

To pull this strategy off requires precise iron play. An injury riddled 2019-2020 season dropped him to 47th in strokes gained approach (.322), but he was 11th (.636) the season prior when he was in better stead.

Add in his massive advantage off the tee, and it can just take an average week on and around the greens for him to claim the third leg of the career grand slam.

Koepka sat out nine weeks nursing hip and knee injuries, including the U.S. Open. He returned to action last month at the CJ Cup where he posted T-28th. The 30 year old built on that in a tune-up last week at the Houston Open.

Koepka finished T-5th and closed with a pair of 65s on the weekend. That included a chip-in on the 72nd hole for birdie.

He was second in the field in strokes gained putting (1.58) and sixth in SG off the tee (.84).

I don’t blame you if you see Koepka as a stay away in this spot, but I’m confident his competitive juices will make him a factor.

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