Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour return was 'emotional.' Now comes the hard part

Things were much different the last time Brooks Koepka was at the Players Championship. His hair was bleached blonde, the state and future of his game uncertain — and a few months later he was off to LIV Golf. At that point, it appeared that Koepka’s final round at TPC Sawgrass would be the second-round 81 he shot in blustery conditions before marching off the property early in 2022. Four years have passed since then. For many in the pro-golf sphere, it has felt longer. Koepka got healthy while on LIV, won the 2023 PGA Championship and then battled putting troubles before returning to the PGA Tour in January as part of the one-time Returning Members Program that gave him a pathway back. The...