Felt like id been putting well, just hadnt really gotten anything out of. ed thomas started hot with two birdies. Then came four birdies in five holes, heading into the turn. commentator look where hes aiming this putt here on five, this is Justin Thomas. justin five was one of those almost puttputt like putts. crowd roars joe come on justin that was beyond a bonus for that one to go in. commentator this is for a share of the lead. That looks pretty good. That looks really good Justin Thomas vaults to the top. justin that putt on nine, thats kinda when i knew i was really, really feeling it. ed and down the stretch came a birdie on 15. Oh, come on. Be as good as you look. And i had just an awesome tee shot there, i felt like that was probably one of my better swings of the week. commentator wow. Unbelievable 3wood. ed . And another birdie on 17. Seventeens one of the harder holes out the. It was another one of those things that just, the putter was feeling good and i got it start oin and it just went right in the back. commentator supposed to break a little bit to the right, and he made it Justin Thomas is now 7under on the day. And in sole possession. Whoo look at that scorecard. The tee shot on 18 wasnt the best, but the second shot was probably the best shot ive ever hit in my life. joe 18, second shot, par 5, Justin Thomas. commentator its 299 yards. spectator get in the hole commentator oh, and david, it is allyou can see him trying to bring thatal back to the right. Oh, mywhat a shot that is amazing massive 3wood on 15, massive 3wood here on 18, and Justin Thomas putting a stamp on his rnd joe it could be the best u. S. Open round ever. justin you know, i was obviously swingingel i was hitting well, and i was kinda feeling it, and it just when it came off, i wasnt sure if it was gonna quite cut enough, and, um, yeah, it was that was a pretty cool shot. As jimmy and i are walking to the green on , because were so far away and the elevation of t gen we couldnt really see the ball, exactly, so as were getting closer and closer to the gen we could see that this is a legitimate sho y kw, we got a chance at eagle here, and i do i do remember saying to him, lets knock ishi i joe Justin Thomas, who has a chance for a recordsetting round, is sitting on his golf bag here at 18. commentator that tells me hes nervs. justin i get a little shaky and jittery pts and i could feel it a little bit again, but i justi wanted to calm myself and just try to relax over that putt. commentator here we go. joe he missed a short putt on 15 for eagle when he drove the green with a 3wood. Now this eagle putt for a 9under 63. spectator in the hole commentator deadcenter history applause, cheers joe Justin Thomas, a thirdround 63, and the best single round in u. S. Open history im in the scoring tent, and i knew i shot 63. I mean, i knew id tied the record. But then the scorer was like, yeah, you t lesrod in relation to par ever. I was like, thats cool, i didnt know tha chuckles i think that was something that took a litt wle to set in, the fact that i actually had a record, but it was pretty cool. He shot 63, thats a hell of a round. I dont think people realize how good and how impressive that was. brad he shot nine under par at a u. S. Op, which had never been done before, and he did it with two of the best 3wood shots in the history of the game of golf. That was as good as we could have ever expect. ed thomass afternoon helid da ofvellrends play by some of the best golfers in the world, with 11 players shooting 68 or better. Saturday wasnt always pretty for rickieowr, but he grinded away, working his way to six birdies and just two bogeys, earning a 34 going out and a matching 34 coming in for a 68. joe looking for his third birdie in a row. commentator and he did it cheering ed . Leaving him just two shots off the lea upbeat music right there alongside him on the leaderboard was Tommy Fleetwood, who also shot a 68 on saturday. commentator ran it right by the flag. What a shot. tommy its just one of them tournaments that you picture winning, as a boy, as a teenager, even turning pro. Its a pleasure to be in contention on a Sda Ed Brian Harman was even better, as the 30yearold matched his opening round scorof7, giving him a oneshot lead overall. commentator today, hes played flawlessly. commentator hes hit every shot the presemot. When he got in trouble, managed himself well. commentator showing a lot of class, lotta game, lotta guts. joe hes never made the cut in a u. S. Open. He ends with a par, he shoots 67, and he leads by one over three. ed if this u. S. Open looked to be setting up as a breakthrough stage for a new star, there was no disputing that of all the young ays to emerge at erin hills, Brooks Koepka had looked as strong as any oth. commentator koepka for birdie. Hes got it puts him in a share of the lead. ed and for koepka on saturday, his clean play on the second nine again proved to be a difference. commentator this is what power looks like, lk this guy with his Arnold Palmer arms, just letting it eat. Oh my gosh, thats so impressive. ed . Giving him an aggregate 10under bogeyfree score on the back half of the course. brooks coming down saturday, you know, to play well on the back nine i thought was really important. You could lead into sunday, you know, having some confidence, and it was nice, we played well all week. ed overall, koepka hit 12 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation for a 68, leaving him just one shot behind harman and tied with the redhot Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood, with Rickie Fowler just one shot back, all of them looking to be at the top of the ap when the last player holed out on sunday. brooks i mean, theres a leaderboard eryol i mean, its hard not to see where you a and i just remember thinking every time i sawt, well, thats just not quite good enough. You need to keep making birdies, everyones mangires you know, youve got one day left to wia s. Pe so just give it your all. ed he would need the round of his life to make it happen. The leaderboard of the 2017 u. S. Open at erin his was crowded as the final day of play began in wisconsin. joe we came into sunday with no clearcut favorite to win that championship. You think Rickie Fowler, cause hes e ggt me you think Justin Thomas, cause he juswe czy on saturday, but it was absolutely wide open. ed now, 18 holes remained for one player to emerge. And among those looking to seize the opportunity of a lifetime was brooks koea, who had long been benefitting on the tour from his close friendship with the man whod won this championship a year earer dustin johnson. brooks when dj won the u. S. Open, i was extremely happy for him, but i also had a sense of, why am i not doing thi like, whats the issue here . After a while, it just kinda adds fuel to their ed having missed the cut, johnson called his buddy on the eve of the narod to offer some advice. brooks he just said, you know, hey, bud, this is ur you got it, nobodys playing better. Go win yourself a major. And he knew, he knew what i needed. Ill remember that phone call for a whil iwa u it was really cool. ed and from the start, it looked like koepka was ready to do just what his friend told him to. brooks i was hitting the ball really well, i was putting it really well, short game wasig opot. You combine all of that and its just pure confidence. Thats kinda what it felt like. I was here for one thing and one thing only, and i wasnt leaving until i got it. ed and as the winds in wisconsin started to pick up, contenders started to fall off. The first was Justin Thomas. After his historic 63 on saturday, from the outset, it was clear sunday would be a very different story for the young american, who bogeyed three of his first five holes to take himself out of contention. commentator well, we repeatedly hear how hard it is to follow a great round up. Just could not get it going today. justin i was excited for today, i felt very comfortable. I mean, it was obviously playing a lot more dfilt so ii gave it all i had, i felt like it was theowt i could have shot; i mean, i just didnt, u just didnt have it today. joe now fleetwood for birdie and a share of the lead. intense music ed Tommy Fleetwood birdied his second hole, but immediately followed that with three bogeys over his next six. commentator hes going right at it. He let go, maybe he mishit it enough. Oh, that is no good at all. ed a chance for birdie on the par3 ninth gave him a real shot to end his front nine on a good note. commentator oh what a beautiful shot by fleetwood. Closest weve seen in a long time. ed . But hed be on the outside lookingn for the rest of the day. Fowler, meanwhile, hung tough on the front, birdying the first hole, and then offsetting a bogey on five with another birdie on seven. Shooting a 35, keeping him right in the mix with nine holes to play. Harman, the leader coming into the day, stayed consistent, with eight pars and one bird on the front nine. commentator goodlooking run. And what a great putt for harman, full circle. And brian harman jars it. Man, that fella can pt, i gotta tell ya. ed and he made the turn with a real shot at the championship. And then there was koepka, who started his sunday with backtoback biie brooks you know, the old birdiebirdie eases the nerves, i guess, a little bit. Not that i really had any nerves, it was more of a confidence thing, i guess youou s, it was okay, birdiebirdie. Confidence, lets go, lets get this thi, and lets keep it rolling. ed then came his third birdie of the day, on eight. There we go wow two putts in a row from koepka that have reached the hole from a long ways away, and that was a big one there. ed and he finished his front nine as the new leader of the championship, just ahead of harman. brooks i was already clicking and i already knew what i was there for. To make the turn, to be like, all right, youre in control, youre in the drivse, is a fun way to play the back nine. ed but there was also another contender whod been steadily gaining all weekend japans hideki matsuyama. commentator oh, oh, oh and thats how you draw it up. juli sunday, it was like he had nothing to lose he was like, okay, im gonna come out here and go for it. ed matsuyama started strong on the front nine commentator oh my goodness, what a shot. ed he birdied one, four, and five, leaving him with a 34, 8under overall heading into the back nine, and there, hed really heat up. joe this is the guy you may wanna Pay Attention to, the number four ranked player in the world, hideki matsuyama. He is making a charge and the highestranked pye left in the field. commentator gotta have it. And gets it ed matsuyamas five birdies on the back ne and 12under finish put pressure on the leader as Brooks Koepka started to waver. And on 13, things got really interesting. brad 13 was the key, i felt. When he missed the green to the right and it appeared he was leaking a little oil with the lead at the u. S. Open, and he chipped it up eight or ten feet short, not a great pitch shot. But when he drained that putt, it was a signal of things to come, and it was Brooks Koepkas to win or lose brooks i mean, it all came down to that puton3, thats the real reason why i felt like ha so much momentum. I mean, i felt like it was u. S. Open, a par save sometimes just as good as a biie ed with Rickie Fowler continuing to struggle to hit greens. Brian harman fading with backtoback bogeys. And matsuyama only able to make up so much grod, there was never a better time for koepka to catcfi. joe third shot for our leader, Brooks Koepka. commentator hes got a beautiful backstop behind the flag to feed the ball back. Hes gonna use it. crowd shouting commentator how crucial was that . Thats getting it done when you need to get it done. commentator massive putt, this one is. This is a nervetingler. joe birdie for koepka commentator for a guy ranked 158th in sand saves this season, none bigger than that. joe 14 under par, a 2shot lead, going to the toughest hole on the golf course tay brooks you know, on 15, absolutely was the shot of the day. Ricky told me that, i thought it when i hit it, i thought, how good is this . It came out beautifully, and when i hit it, i knew it was good, and, you know, with the crowds reaction, you can reallyel commentator Brooks Koepka, birdie on 15. Absolutely flawless. brooks and then to go on to make that putt wa. Was really important. spectator get in the hole commentator youd Better Believe it, wow ed after his Third Straight birdie on 16, koepka had a fourshot lead on harman, with matsuyama left in the clubhouse to watch and hope for a breakdown. brooks you know, you get the the champions racing on 17. You know, walking down the fairway, walking up to the green, everyone starting tohe, and i still got 30 feet. commentator tell you what, that fourshot lea could go down to two here in a new york minute if hes not careful. crowd shouting brooks and i run the 30footer by, like, four feet by. commentator probably a little more ambitious than he needed to be. A little adrenaline in that stroke. brooks and my caddy was like, come on, man. Like, you need to finish this thing off. commentator another great putt by Brooks Koepka. Thats money right there, buddy, that is money. brooks you know, to make that save and to keep it clean, it was important. curtis its the last nine holes of a u. S. En and he birdies three in a row. All you can do is shake the guys hand. It was really impressive. He put on a display of ballstriking to hit 17 greens in the final round with the lead. Unbeatable. Doesnt look like anythings thinhi his emotions been very steady. Oh my, look at that bounce. Absolutely roasted at thats a mile down there brooks then we hit a 3wood off 18. I hit it a ways down there and were walngp d, you know, everyones starting to cheean you know, stand up and. It was pretty co. joe this, for the u. S. Open. Koepka a major champion. cheers, applause and that is now six straight majors won by firsttime champions, and you can add another. At the age of 27, Brooks Koepka has won the u. S. Open. ed and he hadnt just won it. Hed won it by equaling the lowest score in relaono r in the history of the u. S. Open championship. An incredible performance for the kid from fri on a weekend in wisconsin. curtis it always becomes emotional, because youve accomplished a childhood drm that every kid thinks about. joe and Brooks Koepka, i think its just starting to hit him. commentator theres no feeling like it the sense of achievement. Dreamed about it your whole entire life. That dream just came true, buddy. brooks i dont know if i can describit in that moment. Itsit took me a few days to actuallkia really understand the magnitude of the situation, how big it actually was. Its honestly a weird feeling to try texai us. Okay, yeah, this is what you dreamed of being a little kid, but. If you say youre happy, youre excedyokn, best day of your life, whatever it may be, thats great, but that doesnt explain it. You gotta, like, combine all those and then its still better than that. Then you go back and i started reading all these names that are on the trophy, and all youre thinking about is all tseuy have held this trophy, and. Thats the coolest thing ever. To win, you know, my first major is pretty special, and it is fathers day. I didnt get him a card, so i really hope this works. uplifting music this holiday, the best gift you can give, is your time. Volunteer at neighbhorhoodofgood. Com. State farm. dog barking whispering i love you so much. Were going to be best friends forever. Were going to go everywhere together and see everything. Huh. Huh. sighs you know that gx is both of ours, right . whispering dont listen to him. Nothing brings out your inner child like the holidays. Experience the excitement of the lexus december to remember sales event. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Might as well watch it. I havent watched it i havent watcheitt l. Ricky Elliott i looked at it once, i don think brooks has seen it. Ive never seeit its weird. joe now back to Brooks Koepka, coleader at eight. There we go wow brooks yeah, that was such a big putt. commentator miss it right and youre alcra commentator hes gotta hit it right at the tv tor er oh. I guess he doesnt. Its incredible. brooks that was the best shot. ricky yeah, its probably the one thatthat won you it, really won it. joe this, for the u. S. Open. I betcha i make this one. Confident. Oh. I just remember thinking, like. How many do i have . Like, ive got enough putts, right . Like, ive got three . Dont kn. That was pretty cool. The short versionbeer brooks yeah, i dont wanna watch it all ricky dont see us arguing out there d in. brooks yeah, all that good stuff; yeah, you missed all that. Majestic Music ed if every age of golf has its own stor it should have been no surprise that this championip turned out to be such an indelible chapter in the rise of a new generation in the sport, and alsoo rprise that as e ekd ntn at golfs ultimate test, for every familiar face that faded, new stars supposed to just be on their way found themselves battling for the most cherished prize in the game. And for a kid from florida who spent his whe fe dreaming about playing his very best in the moments that mattered most, it was a fantasy that became a reality. When you accomplish something youve dveyo wleif or put your whole life towards and you actually finally accomplish it, i dont think theres really a word for that its always gonna be my favorite, you kw, u. S. Open is the first time i played it, that tour event the first time, you know, i actually clinched my pga tour card, the first time i won a major. Its gonna be special to me for the restf le. ed the u. S. Open championship came to the heartland in 2017, and Brooks Koepka walked away as golfs newe sr. Fox 29 news, we go there. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 5 00. On this thanksgiving one local family has an extra reason to be thankful. A happy homecoming. Good evening, happy thanksgiving im dawn timmeney. We begin tonight with a camden county, new jersey, man back with his family after being deployed overseas. Lets get live now to fox 29s Joanne Pileggi in berlin with the happy homecoming. Joanne. Reporter good evening, happy thanksgiving to you all. Quite the thanksgiving homecoming here in south jersey. Sergeant jason stott was a long time volunteer here at the blackwood fire company. They missed him a lot so did his family and that he all wanted to give him a special homecoming after a ninemonth tore of duty in the middle east. On this sunny thanksgiving day, a crowd grows in this south jersey town