Koepka starts Honda with 74Koepka starts Honda with 74
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The knee is fine. The game was good enough. But the home of the Bear Trap bit Brooks Koepka on Thursday. Koepka shot 4-over 74 in the first round of The Honda Classic. “I actually played pretty good,â€� he said. “I didn’t even hit bad shots and I was getting penalized. That happens.â€� RELATED: Leaderboard | Quick look at The Honda Classic He was 1 under par before making a triple-bogey on the sixth hole, where his tee shot and third shot found the water. He was trying to hit a draw off the tee to hold the left-to-right wind, but the ball turned more than expected. “I probably hit it too good, too low, for it to really hold the wind,â€� he said. He birdied the next hole but followed with a double-bogey on 9 to make the turn in 3-over 38. He birdied the 12th hole but finished with bogeys on two of the last three holes. He three-putted No. 16 from 52 feet, then hit his second shot into the water on the par-5 finishing hole. This is just Koepka’s fourth start of the season. He has a missed cut, withdrawal and T43 in his previous three starts.
