| BROOKS | American golfer ... Koepka. (6) |
| DRAMA | Play shot by Koepka at the end (5) |
| PGA | ___ Championship (tournament whose 2023 winner was Brooks Koepka) |
| KOEPKA | American golfer who won the US Open in June 2017 (6,6) |
| OMEARA | American golfer won 1998 British Open (6) |
| PALMER | Arnold --, American golfer (1929-2016) (6) |
| THOMAS | Justin _, American golfer and former World No1 (6) |
| INTHEVAN | Ahead starting off 9th, then all square, with Koepka finally besting Europe's No 1 (2,3,3) |
| LEHMAN | Tom ......, American golfer who won The Open Championship in 1996 (6) |
| TUSSLE | Given time, American golfer makes a comeback ___ it's a struggle (6) |
| DANIEL | Beth ......, female American golfer who won 30 USLPGA Tour events (6) |
| DUSTIN | American golfer who in 2019 became only the third player in history to win a PGA Tour title in each of his first 12 seasons (6,7) |
| BRYSON | American golfer who won the 2020 US Open, _ DeChambeau (6) |
| ARNOLD | --- Palmer, American golfer who won seven majors in the 1950s and 1960s (6) |
| PLAYER | Only non-American golfer to win all four men's "majors' (6) |
| WATSON | Bubba, American golfer who won the U.S. Masters in 2012 and 2014 (6) |
| SPIETH | Jordan _, American golfer who is a three-time major winner (6) |
| FOWLER | Rickie _, American golfer who has been runner-up at three of the four Majors (6) |
| KEEGAN | American golfer who won the 2011 PGA Championship, _ Bradley (6) |
| XANDER | American golfer who won the Tour Championship in 2017, _ Schauffele (6) |
