Chase Koepka (born January 30, 1994) is an American

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who plays for

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. He is the younger brother of

Brooks Koepka Brooks Koepka (, born May 3, 1990) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LIV Golf tour. In October 2018, he became world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for 47 weeks after winning the 2018 CJ Cup. He won the U.S. O ...

, who is also a professional golfer. His great uncle is former

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player

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. Koepka attended the

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from 2012 to 2016, winning four tournaments in his college career. Koepka turned professional in the middle of 2016 and played on the

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in the latter part of the year with little success. He played on the tour again in 2017 and had much more success. He finished in the top-10 on five occasions, including being runner-up in the Italian Challenge and the

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, and finished the season 9th in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the

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for 2018. He teamed with his brother Brooks in the 2017

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, the pair finishing tied for 5th. Koepka started 2018 well, finishing tied for 7th place in the BMW SA Open but thereafter failed to finish in the top 20 of any

event and finished 182nd in the Order of Merit. In 2019, Koepka played on the

but only made the cut three times in 12 events. He also made an attempt to qualify for the

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in both 2020 and 2021. In 2022, Koepka joined LIV Golf.

Amateur wins

*2013 Rees Jones Invitational, AutoTrader.com Collegiate *2014 Invitational at the Ocean Course *2016 Mission Inn Spring Spectacular

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

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Amateur wins

Playoff record

See also

References

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