Overview
- The PGA Tour’s Returning Member Program offers a limited, one-time path back for select recent major or Players champions who left for LIV, with decisions due by Feb. 2.
- Brooks Koepka has been reinstated under the program and is slated to play the Farmers Insurance Open on Jan. 29 before the Phoenix Open.
- Return terms include a $5 million charitable payment, five years without access to the Player Equity Program, and no eligibility for the 2026 FedExCup bonus, with initial restrictions on Signature Events.
- At LIV’s captains’ media day, Jon Rahm said he is not planning to go anywhere and Bryson DeChambeau noted he is contracted through 2026.
- DeChambeau also posted an Instagram story asking fans “What should I do?” while Cameron Smith said he will remain on LIV for years to come.