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Brooks Koepka donates $5M as part of his return to PGA Tour
Brooks Koepka split a $5 million charitable contribution between a number of causes, the PGA Tour announced Tuesday, as the five-time major winner continued to complete the steps outlined in his return to the tour via the Returning Member Program.,The PGA Tour revealed in January that Koepka was set...
Brooks Koepka adds Houston Open to return tour
As Brooks Koepka carefully plots his path back to relevance on the game's biggest stages, his return to the PGA Tour continues to provide a boost for the tour's second-tier events.,The Texas Children's Houston Open announced that Koepka has committed to the March 26-29 event along with Rickie Fowler...
Brooks Koepka embraces return to Phoenix Open and its "chaos"
Well before Brooks Koepka captured back-to-back U.S. Open titles ... and won back-to-back PGA Championships ... and earned generational wealth by jumping to LIV Golf, he was a 24-year-old fighting to claim his first PGA Tour title.,That's when Koepka and the Phoenix Open became intertwined forever. ...
After quiet winter, Viktor Hovland returns to tour at raucous WM Phoenix Open
Viktor Hovland enjoyed an extended holiday season at home in Norway with family and friends.,Now, he's ready to go from the serenity to his first PGA Tour start of the season on Thursday at the notoriously rocking WM Phoenix Open, where he said he's ready to "embrace the chaos.","Every season kind o...
Brooks Koepka's return to PGA Tour in spotlight at Torrey Pines
All eyes will be on Brooks Koepka when he makes his first start in a non-major PGA Tour event in nearly four years Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open at La Jolla, Calif., outside San Diego.,The five-time major champion parted ways with LIV Golf and was the first high-profile name to be accepted ...
Rory McIlroy: Stars not satisfied playing with LIV Golf
Rory McIlroy referenced what he perceived as a shifting mindset among former LIV Golf members when asked about Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour.,The PGA Tour recently reinstated Koepka through a new Returning Member Program that offers a window for select players to return. The five-time major...
Harold Varner III officially joins Smash GC
Harold Varner III has been added to the Smash GC official roster for the 2026 season in the LIV Golf League following Brooks Koepka's departure to the PGA Tour.,Varner joins new captain Talor Gooch and returning veterans Jason Kokrak and Graeme McDowell. Gooch was named the team's captain last month...
Rory McIlroy: LIV hasn't signed anyone who 'moves needle'
Rory McIlroy needled LIV Golf on Thursday when discussing the PGA Tour competitor's current state of affairs.,"It's not as if they made any huge signings this year, is it?" McIlroy told The Telegraph of London. "They haven't signed anyone who moves the needle, and I don't think they will. I mean, th...
Wyndham Clark 'torn' on Brooks Koepka's return to PGA Tour
Wyndham Clark admitted to being "torn" about the return of fellow U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour.,Koepka announced last month he would part ways with LIV Golf despite a year remaining on his contract with the Saudi-backed league. The PGA Tour allowed the five-time major champion to...
Tigers Woods, back on course, helped shape Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour return
Brooks Koepka is headed back to the PGA Tour, and Tiger Woods hopes to do so, too.,In addition to focusing on his rehabilitation from his seventh lifetime back surgery, Woods was a part of the PGA Tour committee that formulated the Returning Members Program. On Monday, Koepka, 35, accepted the terms...
What Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour Reinstatement Means for LIV Golf Defectors
The PGA Tour reinstates Brooks Koepka and opens the door for other LIV Golf stars like Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau....
Brooks Koepka reinstated as PGA Tour outlines Returning Player Program
Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka will be back on the PGA Tour sooner than expected after a Returning Member Program was revealed Monday.,Koepka announced last month he would part ways with LIV Golf despite a year remaining on his contract with the Saudi-backed league. It was originally believed ...
Reports: Brooks Koepka applies for PGA Tour reinstatement
Brooks Koepka applied for reinstatement with the PGA Tour on Friday just weeks after departing LIV Golf, according to multiple reports.,The five-time major winner announced on Dec. 23 that he was "amicably" parting ways with the Saudi-backed league despite having a year remaining on his contract. Th...
Jon Rahm 'had an idea' Brooks Koepka's split from LIV Golf was coming
Like many others, Jon Rahm is not quite sure what Brooks Koepka's surprising early split from LIV Golf means for the American's future in professional golf.,When asked by GOLF's Subpar podcast if he thought opting out of LIV a year ahead of the end of his deal was a path for Koepka to serve a likely...
Rory McIlroy on Brooks Koepka in TGL: '(I) would love him to play'
Rory McIlroy said he has no qualms about the prospect of Brooks Koepka joining TGL.,And McIlroy's voice likely holds some water given that he is a co-founder of the indoor golf simulation league along with Tiger Woods.,As for Koepka, he has newfound availability following his departure from LIV Golf...
Rory McIlroy open to inviting LIV golfers back to PGA Tour
Rory McIlroy says he's open to welcoming competitors who left to join LIV Golf back to the PGA Tour ranks.,It's a notable change in public opinion for the five-time major champion, who has been among the most open critics of LIV and its divisive impact on golf.,"I think they've already paid their co...
Brooks Koepka parts ways with LIV Golf
LIV Golf announced Tuesday that five-time majors champion Brooks Koepka has parted ways with the worldwide tour prior to the 2026 season.,The 35-year-old Koepka, who had one year left on his LIV contract, has yet to declare whether he intends to return to the PGA Tour. He left in June 2022 when LIV ...
Report: Brooks Koepka might skip LIV Golf's '26 season
Five-time major winner Brooks Koepka might not play in the upcoming LIV Golf season despite being under contract, Sports Business Journal reported Monday.,Koepka, one of the breakaway circuit's highest-profile signings when it launched in 2022, could be seeking a return to the PGA Tour.,SBJ, which c...
Brooks Koepka doesn't return after smashing tee marker at LIV Golf event
After a meltdown and withdrawal in the first round, Brooks Koepka has not returned to LIV Golf Dallas in Carrolton, Texas, on Saturday.,The five-time major winner posted a birdie on his opening hole Friday before things went swiftly downhill with a triple-bogey on both the par-4 4th and the par-5 7t...
Brooks Koepka: 'Don't know where I'm going' once LIV contract expires
Brooks Koepka did not entirely dismiss recent comments by Fred Couples that the five-time major champion wants to return to the PGA Tour, but said that he does intend to fulfill his LIV Golf contract.,Couples stirred speculation about Koepka's future by telling a Seattle radio station last week that...