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As expected, Brooks Koepka has officially opted out of the 2026 LIV Golf season starting February 7 in Riyadh. The five-time major champion will stay connected to the rival circuit but needs more family time, according to LIV CEO Scott McNeil’s statement. However, Koepka, a highly competitive athlete, is more motivated by top-level competition, which was limited in LIV. He originally joined LIV in 2022 due to injury concerns and to secure a solid retirement fund. Questions remain whether he had to buy out his contract or return part of his guaranteed salary, and if he remains an owner of LIV team Smash GC, now led by Talor Gooch.
Speculation mounts about where Koepka will compete next: DP World Tour where he’d be immediately eligible, possibly with a fine, or PGA Tour, where he faces a one-year suspension post-LIV participation after lifetime bans were downgraded by former Commissioner Jay Monahan. According to ESPN journalist Mark Schlabach, Koepka formally applied last Friday to reactivate his PGA Tour membership, which had not been renewed after 2022, aiming to rejoin the player pool.
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