Brooks Koepka is leaving LIV Golf.<\/p>\n
Koepka announced his decision on Tuesday afternoon via a statement released by his management through the Saudi-backed league. The 35-year-old Koepka, who signed with LIV in 2022 and reportedly had one year remaining on his contract, did not, however, share immediate plans for his competitive future.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrooks Koepka will be stepping away from LIV Golf,\u201d the statement read. \u201cHe is deeply grateful to Yasir Al-Rumayyan (governor of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund, (LIV CEO) Scott O\u2019Neil, and the LIV Golf leadership team, his teammates and the fans. Family has always guided Brooks\u2019 decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend more time at home. Brooks will continue to be a huge supporter of LIV Golf and wishes the league and its players continued success. Brooks remains passionate about the game of golf and will keep fans updated on what\u2019s ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neil called the decision for Koepka and LIV to part ways amicable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have amicably and mutually agreed that Brooks Koepka will no longer compete in the LIV Golf league, following the 2025 season,\u201d O\u2019Neil said. \u201cBrooks is prioritizing the needs of his family and staying closer to home. We appreciate the significant impact he has had on the game and wish him continued success, both on and off the course.<\/p>\n
Koepka\u2019s departure means that the team in which he captained, Smash GC, will now be led by Talor Gooch, and there will be a vacancy on the four-player squad that will need to be filled prior to the start of LIV\u2019s 2026 season in February.<\/p>\n
Koepka, a five-time major champion (including the 2023 PGA as a member of LIV), struggled on LIV last season, posting just two top-10s and finishing 31st in the points standings. He also missed three of four major-championship cuts.<\/p>\n
Personally, Koepka dealt with tragedy earlier this year as his wife, Jena, suffered a miscarriage. The couple have a 2-year-old son, Crew.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear what Koepka\u2019s path back to the PGA Tour would be. He is exempt into the PGA for life and into the other three majors through 2028.<\/p>\n
After Koepka\u2019s new broke, the PGA Tour released a statement: \u201cBrooks Koepka is a highly accomplished professional, and we wish him and his family continued success. The PGA Tour continues to offer the best professional golfers the most competitive, challenging and lucrative environment in which to pursue greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka is leaving LIV Golf. Koepka announced his decision on Tuesday afternoon via a statement released by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-367553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}