Brooks Koepka fires 64 Saturday at Myrtle Beach Classic: 'I re-found my happiness'

Koepka said he hasn't enjoyed himself that much on the golf course since he won the 2023 PGA Championship.

"I liked the way I ball-struck it today," Koepka said. "I thought it drove it beautifully. Ball-struck it with the irons really, really well. . . I feel like I'm striking it as good as I ever have, driving it as good as I ever have. If I can continue to do that, then I'm going to be very pleased where I'm at for a while."

Brooks Koepka of the United States speaks to the media during the third round of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic 2026 at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 09, 2026 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

There is one thing that still does not have Koepka pleased: his putter. The flat stick has been an issue for him all season, and despite the impressive outing Saturday, he feels there's a still a lot of room for improvement on the greens.

"It's been quite a frustrating year with the flat stick," Koepka said. "Kind of been in a consistent pattern of just hitting lips. I don't know if there's a stat of how many times guys hit the lip, but I feel like I would be right up there this year. They're good putts. They just don't go in. They just seem to always find a way to miss the hole, and it's been frustrating, but I'm just kind of waiting my turn, waiting for something good to happen, because I feel like as long as they're good putts, I'm okay with it, to a certain extent."

Waiting his turn has been a common theme for Koepka in 2026. He has arrived at several signature events as an alternate, waiting for someone to withdraw so he could sneak in the field, to no avail. But he isn't fighting it or complaining about it. He understands that he must earn his way back into the upper echelon of PGA Tour competition and he seems to be just fine doing that.

A win at the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic would not only qualify him for the two remaining signature events on the 2026 calendar, but it would also give him palpable momentum heading to Aronimink for next week's PGA Championship, an event he's won three times before. But right now, he remains focused on the task at hand.

"I'm not too worried about it," Koepka said. "I think I'm just trying to play one more good round of golf and strike it the way I can. Like I said, the main focus is putting. I'll go right back to that putting green and try to make sure that, I guess, whatever I might have found today hopefully can bleed over and continue into next week and then just build that momentum. Because I think the one thing that's really been lacking, just confidence."

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Brooks Koepka makes Saturday charge with 64 at Myrtle Beach Classic