Associated Press
Brooks Koepka called them “punishment workouts” — the heavy menu of sprints and weightlifting that sap the color from his face, put him on the verge of throwing up, and leave him dreaming of ways to avoid that kind of torture in the future. Five weeks later, he’s at Valhalla — a “big-boy golf course,” as he described it — looking to defend his title at the PGA Championship. It might explain why his trainer, Ara Suppiah, dialed up the tough workouts after Augusta, and why Koepka has as many major victories (5) as he had “regular” wins on the PGA and European tour (4) before he left two years ago.