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Brooks Koepka announced Monday that he will return to the PGA Tour after spending more than three years with the organization’s rival, LIV Golf.
Koepka’s decision came just weeks after he revealed he would be leaving the rival franchise.
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Brooks Koepka plays his shot from the first tee during the final round of the US Open golf tournament on June 15, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)
“I want to thank my family and my team for their continued support through every step of my professional career,” he wrote in a post on X. “When I was a kid I always dreamed of competing on the @PGATOUR and I’m just as excited today to announce my return to the PGA TOUR. Being closer to home and spending more time with my family gives me this opportunity.
“I believe in where the PGA TOUR is headed with new leadership, new investors and an equity program that gives players meaningful ownership. I also understand that there are financial penalties associated with this decision and I accept them.”
Koepka said he planned to participate in the Farmers Insurance Open and the WM Phoenix Open in the coming weeks.
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp said Koepka’s return sparked the returning membership program for those who left the company and might decide to follow in Koepka’s footsteps.
Brooks Koepka on the 11th hole at The Old White at the Greenbrier on August 18, 2024. (Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports)
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“Designed to provide an alternative path back to PGA Tour competition for former members who have achieved the highest achievements in the game, the Returning Member Program imposes heavy and appropriate restrictions on both tournament access and potential earnings that we believe properly hold returning members accountable for significant compensation earned elsewhere,” Rolapp said in a statement. “It also includes elite performance-based criteria that require winning the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, US Open or The Open Championship between 2022 and 2025.”
Rolapp said Koepka agreed to a few conditions when he returned to the PGA Tour. That included a “five-year forfeiture of potential equity in the PGA Tour’s Player Equity Program, representing one of the largest financial impacts in professional sports history, with estimates that he could miss out on approximately $50-85 million in potential earnings, depending on his competitive performance and the growth of the Tour,” according to Rolapp.
Koepka will also make a charitable donation of $5 million to an organization yet to be determined.
Brooks Koepka salutes Jon Rahm after winning a playoff against him in The Old White at the Greenbrier on Aug. 18, 2025. (Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports)
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Rolapp said others who might want to follow Koepka should seek reinstatement by Feb. 2.
