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As expected, Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the 2026 LIV Golf season starting February 7 in Riyadh; the five-time major winner will remain connected to the rival circuit but needs more family time, according to LIV CEO Scott McNeil. Koepka is a competitive type who thrives on high-level competition, which he only moderately found at LIV. He switched to LIV in 2022 mainly because of injury concerns risking his career and the opportunity for a good retirement fund. Thus, skipping the last contracted season is not surprising though questions remain about his payout. Will he remain owner of LIV team Smash GC, which recently appointed Talor Gooch as captain?
Speculations abound about which fairways Koepka will appear on next—DP World Tour, where he could play immediately likely for a penalty, or the PGA Tour, where he faces a one-year suspension since his last LIV event, after former Commissioner Jay Monahan’s lifetime bans were largely softened. It now seems partly answered: ESPN’s Mark Schlabach reports Koepka formally applied last Friday to reinstate his PGA Tour membership, which had lapsed post-2022.
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