US Open 2017: Tommy Fleetwood pays tribute to 'phenomenal' champion Brooks Koepka

TOMMY FLEETWOOD has conceded he needed to produce a world-class display to have any chance of beating Brooks Koepka.

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Tommy Fleetwood couldn't quite reel Brooks Koepka in

The Englishman could only watch as Koepka finished with a flourish to take home his maiden Major title with a winning score of 16-under par.

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Fleetwood shot a level-par round of 72 to finish fourth with -11.

And he has conceded Koepka’s performance was 'unbelievable'.

“You never know how you're going to react being up there in the final round - you've got to deal with that and it's all new for me,” Fleetwood said.

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"I felt really comfortable yesterday - I didn't play how I wanted to today, it was fine still but you can't do too much about [how Koepka played], can you?

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"He was brilliant, the shots he hit down the stretch, you can't describe how hard some of them are.

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Brooks Koepka celebrates his US Open title win with his girlfriend

"He was phenomenal - I would've like to have played like that. I played well enough to do it yesterday but didn't quite have it today.

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