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3. Brooks Koepka

“I’m going to shoot low today and you watch, everyone will want to talk to me.”

Koepka received exactly zero interview requests after his opening-round 69 in the PGA Championship, and the back-to-back U.S. Open winner took notice. He made the above declaration before shooting 63 in Round 2 to set up his third major victory in two years.