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Koepka wins again

Brooks Koepka will ride into the Masters next week on the momentum of a victory.

Koepka fired a 3-under 68 to stave off Sebastian Munoz of Colombia and win LIV Golf Orlando by one stroke on Sunday in Winter Garden, Florida.

Koepka finished the three-day event at 15-under 198. The four-time major winner became the first player to win two LIV events after taking the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah last October in Saudi Arabia.

"I've been playing good for a few weeks," Koepka said. "It just hasn't really shown on the scorecard, making dumb mistakes. It was nice to come out this week and play mistake-free pretty much."

Behind Munoz, Patrick Reed and South Africa's Dean Burmester tied for third at 12-under.

A silver lining for Munoz was that his team, Torque, beat Koepka's Smash by a single stroke, 36-under to 35-under, to claim the team title. Dustin Johnson's 4Aces came in third at 34-under.

"I just knew that I had Brooks against me, and I couldn't let him beat me (in counting scores) because I wanted Torque to stay on top," Munoz said.

Koepka began the day with a three-shot lead and made three birdies on the front nine at Orange County National. But Munoz, playing with him in the final group, birdied five of his first 10 holes.

Koepka birdied the 14th to make it a two-shot margin again, and both players bogeyed the 15th. Munoz then chipped in for birdie at No 16 to get back within one.

At No 18, Munoz missed a long putt for birdie that would have forced a playoff.

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