PARIS — 5-time main champion Brooks Koepka rattled off 5 straight birdies on the again 9 Saturday and had a 6-under 65, giving him a share of the lead within the French Open as he tries to win for the primary time in additional than a 12 months.
Min Woo Lee shot 68 and was tied with Koepka at 11-under 202. They have been one shot away from a trio that included Michael Kim, one other American in Paris throughout an off week on the PGA Tour.
That is Koepka’s third straight week taking part in on the European Tour, after lacking the lower within the Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
He additionally missed the lower in three of the 4 majors this 12 months. Koepka’s final victory was in August 2024 on the LIV Golf League on the Greenbrier in West Virginia.
“I really feel like my recreation has been trending in the proper course,” Koepka mentioned. “It is the outcomes have not been there. I really feel quite a bit nearer. I am happy with the work I’ve put in over the previous few months, and nothing has proven, so hopefully bought an opportunity to win tomorrow.”
He attributed the low spherical at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche to little greater than good placing. Koepka had eight birdies within the spherical, ending with a bogey on the par-3 18th when he did not get up-and-down, lacking a 6-foot putt.
Lee received the Houston Open earlier this 12 months for his first PGA Tour title, although he did not advance past one week within the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Guido Migliozzi (66) of Italy and Marcus Armitage (71) of England joined Kim within the group one shot behind. Kim shot a 66.
