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As expected, Brooks Koepka has officially withdrawn from the 2026 LIV Golf season starting February 7 in Riyadh; the five-time major champion remains connected to the competing circuit but needs more time for family, according to LIV CEO Scott McNeil’s official statement. Koepka is known as a competitor who thrives in high-level battles, which he found limited in LIV. He mainly joined LIV in 2022 thinking his career was ending due to injury, aiming to secure a solid retirement fund. His waiver of the final contractual season raises questions about possible buyouts or salary repayments, and whether he will remain an owner of his LIV team Smash GC, now captained by Talor Gooch.
Speculation abounds about which tours Koepka will join next. The DP World Tour would grant immediate eligibility, perhaps with a penalty, or he could return to the PGA Tour after serving a one-year suspension since his last LIV event, following the significant softening of previous lifetime bans imposed by former commissioner Jay Monahan. This key question seems partially answered: ESPN’s Mark Schlabach reported Koepka formally applied last Friday to reactivate his PGA Tour membership, which was not renewed after 2022.
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