Overview
- Brooks Koepka accepted the PGA Tour's one-off 'Members Returning' plan, which requires a $5 million charitable donation, bars equity grants for five years, removes 2026 FedEx Cup bonus eligibility, and limits access to designated events to earned entries, with the Tour estimating a $50–$85 million financial impact.
- Koepka is slated to restart his PGA Tour schedule at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on January 29 and then play the WM Phoenix Open.
- The pathway is restricted to players who won a major or The Players from 2022 to 2025, creating a narrow lane designed for select elite returnees.
- Jon Rahm said he will remain with LIV for at least this year, and Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith have indicated they will stay with LIV for now.
- PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp described the plan as a unique, non-precedent process, and Tiger Woods called the approach fair and consistent with the Tour's meritocracy.