WATCH: Tiger Woods Congratulates Brooks Koepka

Woods showed class in defeat to congratulate Koepka after he won the USPGA Championship

WATCH: Tiger Woods Congratulates Brooks Koepka

The 14-time major winner showed class by waiting for Koepka to congratulate him after his USPGA win

WATCH: Tiger Woods Congratulates Brooks Koepka

Tiger Woods has always been known as a steely competitor with no real interaction with his peers, but has appeared to be a different man in his latest comeback this year.

The 14-time major winner is friendlier than ever with competitors and showed some class after coming up short at the USPGA Championship.

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Woods waited at the scoring building for Koepka to congratulate him on his play after he had just won his third major.

World number nine Rickie Fowler was also there to congratulate Koeopka, who had just shot 66 to beat Woods by two strokes.

Watch Woods congratulate Koepka:

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Tiger Woods revealed after his round that he had been mightily impressed with Koepka's driving and putting a in a practice round prior to the USPGA.

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I played with him in a practice round and he was literally hitting it 340, 350 in the air. And when a guy’s doing that and hitting it straight and as good a putter as he is, it’s tough to beat.”

Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods of the during a practice round prior to the 2018 USPGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club on August 8, 2018 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Koepka spoke about Woods and how he knew that, barring his team, the entire golfing universe were cheering on the 14-time major winner.

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“Yeah, I think, other than me, my team, everybody was rooting for Tiger. I mean, as they should. He’s probably — he’s the greatest player to ever play the game, and to have the comeback that he’s having is incredible."

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV