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As expected, Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from the 2026 LIV Golf season starting on February 7 in Riyadh; the five-time major winner will remain connected to the rival circuit but needs more family time. This was agreed amicably, according to LIV CEO Scott McNeil’s official statement. Koepka is a competitive type who thrives in top-level contests, which he found limited at LIV. He moved to Saudi in 2022 mainly due to injury concerns and to secure a substantial retirement fund. His waiver of the final contractual season is therefore unsurprising, though questions remain: Did he buy out of his contract and return part of his guaranteed pay? Does the 35-year-old remain owner of LIV team Smash GC, which recently named Talor Gooch captain?
Speculation focuses on which fairways Koepka will appear next. Will it be the DP World Tour, where he would be immediately eligible, perhaps with a penalty? Or the PGA Tour, where he faces a one-year suspension since his last LIV appearance, after life bans set by former Commissioner Jay Monahan were drastically reduced? Why be vindictive when every LIV returnee, especially a prominent one, benefits the longer-leveraged Tour? This key question seems partly answered. According to ESPN’s Mark Schlabach, Koepka formally applied last Friday to reactivate his PGA Tour membership, which was not renewed after 2022, to rejoin the player pool.
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