Overview
- Koepka tees off at the Farmers Insurance Open for his first regular PGA Tour start since 2022 after leaving LIV Golf in December and being readmitted in mid-January.
- He accepted conditions reported to include a $5 million charitable donation, multi-year ineligibility for the Player Equity Program, and exclusion from certain 2026 bonus payouts.
- He said Tiger Woods was his first call after his release from LIV, crediting that conversation with helping start the reinstatement process.
- ESPN will simulcast PGA Tour Live’s main feed from noon to 3 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday—its first non-major linear PGA Tour coverage in nearly 20 years—with Koepka grouped with Max Homa and Ludvig Åberg.
- Oddsmakers list Koepka roughly +5500 at Torrey Pines, where he has missed most prior Farmers cuts despite a T4 at the 2021 U.S. Open; he described feeling nervous, voiced no regrets, and acknowledged mixed reactions to his return.