ANOTHER PRESTIGIOUS ACCOLADE FOR AMERICAN

BROOKS KOEPKA WINS CHALLENGE 

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After a stunning breakthrough season on the European Tour which culminated in a maiden victory at the Turkish Airlines Open, Brooks Koepka (pictured, without the beard he has now grown) has added another prestigious accolade by winning the 2014 Challenge Tour Graduate of the Year award.
The American becomes the second winner of the award, which is presented to the highest-ranked player in The Race to Dubai to have graduated from the Challenge Tour the previous season.
Koepka’s remarkable rise to world prominence began in 2012, when the Floridian opted to follow in the footsteps of his compatriot and close friend Peter Uihlein by beginning his professional career on Europe’s top developmental tour.
It did not take long for him to make his mark on the Challenge Tour, winning once in the 2012 season before three victories in the 2013 campaign – in the Montecchia Golf Open, the Fred Olsen Challenge de España and the Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts – earned him automatic graduation to The European Tour.
The 24 year old continued his rapid progress to the highest echelons of world golf this year with a top five finish in the US Open Championship and a top 15 finish in the US PGA Championship, before claiming his maiden European Tour title at the Turkish Airlines Open.
Koepka’s eighth place finish in The Race to Dubai means he has inscribed his name alongside that of the inaugural Graduate of the Year Award winner, Justin Walters of South Africa, with Englishman Tyrrell Hatton his closest challenger to the title in 2014