Five things we learned from the US PGA Championship: Brooks Koepka is back but a club pro is real star

The second men's major of the year at Oak Hill is in the books and it certainly didn’t disappoint. The New York crowd came out in their thousands to roar on a new hero and witness the crowning of a familiar winner of the event. Read all of this and more in our ‘Five Things We Learned’ from the US PGA Championship.

Koepka is King Ad For the third time in his career, Brooks Koepka is the US PGA champion and with that feat he joins the illustrious company of Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus. He also becomes only the 20th player in the history of the game to notch up five or more major victories. PGA Championship'Absolutely incredible' — Koepka basks in US PGA Championship triumph9 HOURS AGO Much has been made about Koepka’s controversial switch to the rival LIV Golf tour last year but the 33-year-old silenced any naysayers with what was a truly dominant performance around an incredibly tricky Oak Hill layout.

A sluggish opening round was followed by back-to-back 66s, an even more impressive feat considering the torrid conditions that faced the players on Saturday. A solid final day, where he battled with Viktor Hovland, saw him never lose his overnight lead as he strolled home to lift the famous Wanamker Trophy once again. It has been a tough couple of years for the father-to-be, with well documented knee troubles that required surgery and a battle with self doubt, but Koepka let all that weight fall off his shoulders as he was presented with his new hardware.

“This is incredible, this is wild,” he said. “I look back at where we were two years ago, everything that’s gone on. I’m just so happy right now, I’m kind of at a loss for words, but this is just the coolest thing.