"If you had told me I was going to shoot 12-under this year at a U.S. Open and not win, I would have taken the bet for sure", he said.
Fleetwood went long at the par-3 sixth hole, and his chip was so strong that it ran off the front of the green, leading to one of his three bogeys on the front nine as he fell four shots behind.
After days of being humbled, Erin Hills turned nasty for the final round as heavy winds pummelled the links-style layout adding an intriguing wrinkle to the year's second major.
And nothing could stop Koepka. His best finish in 20 U.S. Open appearances came in the first Open to be held in Wisconsin.
It capped quite a journey for the Wellington native.
Koepka admitted to Golf Digest in 2015 his preference for baseball: "If I could do it over again, I'd play baseball - 100 percent, no doubt", he said.
Xander Schauffele, a rookie on the PGA Tour playing in his first U.S. Open, birdied his last hole for a 69 to tie for fifth at 10-under 268 along with Bill Haas (69) and Rickie Fowler (72), who was poised at yet another major to win only to fall back. His margin of victory was four shots over two golfers who tied for second place - Brian Harman, also from the USA, and Japan's Hideki Matsuyama.
Koepka's name will be etched on the trophy alongside that of his good friend Johnson, who missed the cut at Erin Hills but spoke to Koepka after Saturday's third round.
Koepka's win means that the last seven majors have all been won by first-time winners.
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"It was a long phone call for us - it was like two minutes", Koepka said.
Li is among the Chinese golfers following in the footsteps of Liang Wen-chong, who finished eighth at the 2010 PGA Championship.
Su Oh (64), Madelene Sagstrom (65) and Moriya Jutanugarn (66) tied for fourth at 14 under. He held it together, tied with Koepka early in the back nine, before bogeying the 12th and 13th holes. Top-ranked Ariya Jutanugarn, coming off a playoff victory last week in Canada over Thompson and In Gee Chun, had a 69 to for 22nd at 9 under.
Matsuyama had five birdies and one bogey in his final eight holes. In 2014, he was named rookie of the year in Europe and was also nominated for rookie of the year honours on the PGA Tour after two top-10s back home.
The leaders are on the course at the U.S. Open.
Hossler finished with a 67.
Q. Brooks had talked about feeling like an underachiever because he was all of 27 and hadn't won a major yet, hadn't done this.
Jaengkit closed with a 2-under 70 for a 12-under 204 total at Hickory Point.
He finished at 16-under for the tournament, tying the lowest 72-hole score relation to par in the tournament's history.
With the wind ripping at his back, he sunk another birdie putt at No. 14, after spinning his approach shot to 5 feet beyond the hole.
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