Brooks Koepka reapplies for PGA Tour membership after leaving LIV Golf | Golf News

Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka has reapplied for PGA Tour membership after choosing to step away from LIV Golf.

Koepka announced his departure from the Saudi League shortly before Christmas, and ended his contract one year early in order to spend more time with family.

News of the 35-year-old seeking a return to the PGA Tour, where he last played outside the majors in March 2022, was first reported at the Valspar championship. espn.

The policy of the US Circuit was for players to miss one year of their last LIV tournament before playing on the PGA Tour again.

Koepka’s previous LIV event was in August 2025.

Koepka – whose nine PGA Tour victories include the US Open twice and the PGA Championship three times – will have to go through a disciplinary process before any return.

The final decision will likely rest in the hands of new CEO Brian Rolapp, although there will be input from the PGA Tour Policy Council, which includes Tiger Woods.

Koepka is still able to compete in the Grand Slam after receiving a five-year exemption for winning the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

He has dropped to 244th in the world rankings with LIV events currently receiving no ranking points.

The first PGA Tour event of 2026 is the Sony Open in Hawaii – live on Sky Sports from Thursday – with the scheduled curtain raiser, Sentry, canceled following drought and water conservation issues on the Hawaiian island of Maui.

Analysis: Big coup for the PGA Tour if Koepka returns

Sky Sports News correspondent Jamie Weir, speaking after Koepka’s departure from LIV Golf but before news emerged of him reapplying for PGA Tour membership:

“Kopeka was always concerned with putting his family first, golf was always a means to an end for him, this was not his life, his only goal was to take care of his family.

“He joined LIV because his body was breaking down. When he fully recovered, he was asked if he regretted the decision and hinted that he kind of did.

“He was a golfer who seemed to have remorse, and I don’t think his decision to walk away came as a huge surprise.

“It would be a huge coup for the PGA Tour if they could get back a player of Koepka’s stature, who is a proven champion and one of the greatest players of his generation.

“Are they going to create a little loophole for him to come back sooner?”

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