Overview
- Brooks Koepka rejoined the PGA Tour via the Returning Member Program, which requires a $5 million charitable donation and a five‑year forfeiture of potential player equity.
- He is ineligible for 2026 FedExCup bonus money, must qualify for signature events without sponsor exemptions, and will be an additive entry so existing fields do not lose spots.
- Rory McIlroy said LIV Golf has not signed anyone who “moves the needle” and argued Koepka’s exit underscores the league’s stalled momentum and rising financial pressure.
- Tiger Woods welcomed Koepka back as strengthening the Tour, while 2023 U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark said he is torn and frustrated by the path back for top LIV defectors.
- Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith are eligible to return under the same terms but have indicated they will stay with LIV for now, as Koepka targets the Farmers Insurance Open on Jan. 29.