{"id":429679,"date":"2026-01-22T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429679\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:48:23","slug":"wyndham-clark-torn-over-brooks-koepkas-pga-tour-return-thinks-there-should-have-been-a-few-more-repercussions-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429679\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyndham Clark &#8216;torn&#8217; over Brooks Koepka&#8217;s PGA Tour return, thinks there should have been &#8216;a few more repercussions&#8217; \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After agreeing to return to the PGA Tour, Brooks Koepka acknowledged he\u2019d have to \u201crebuild\u201d some relationships for leaving to play three seasons on LIV Golf. It sounds like one of those relationships might be with a fellow US Open champ.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio on Wednesday, Wyndham Clark had some candid comments about Koepka\u2019s return. The 2023 US Open winner admitted he\u2019s \u201ctorn\u201d about the situation \u2013 especially as someone who turned down his own lucrative LIV Golf offer ahead of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/pga-tour-decision-insider-brooks-koepka-bryson-dechambeau-jon-rahm-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Inside the PGA Tour\u2019s shocking decision to allow Brooks Koepka back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGosh, I\u2019m so torn,\u201d Clark told SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio. \u201cI mean, I personally really like Brooks, and I think it\u2019s ultimately really good for the PGA Tour, but also, you know, a guy that had an opportunity to go to LIV, it\u2019s kind of frustrating that he\u2019s able to get the cake and also eat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMPGATOUR\/status\/2011536421967011941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiriusXMPGATOUR\/status\/2011536421967011941<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Koepka opted out of the fourth and final year of his contract with LIV and took advantage of a one-time offer from PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp to return. As part of the agreement, Koepka made a $U5 million donation and forfeited any potential 2026 FedEx Cup bonus money as well as equity grants in the tour for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>But Clark clearly feels that the five-time major champ came out well financially.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/bryson-dechambeau-posts-cryptic-message-regarding-pro-golf-future-liv-pga-tour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Bryson DeChambeau posts cryptic message about his pro golf future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had the offer. It was just over a year and a half ago,\u201d Clark continued. \u201cAnd if you would have told me that I could have gone for a year and a half, make a boatload of money and then be able to come back and play on the Tour, I think almost everyone would have done that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But while Clark thinks the PGA Tour should have made \u201ca few more repercussions,\u201d overall, he\u2019s happy to have Koepka back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, I want whatever is best for the PGA Tour, and I think if guys come back, especially top guys like Brooks, it\u2019s only going to help the tour, which is ultimately going to help me,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After agreeing to return to the PGA Tour, Brooks Koepka acknowledged he\u2019d have to \u201crebuild\u201d some relationships for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,73434,755,138747,14239,44,1747,225166,85,225167,6959],"class_list":["post-429679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-brooks-koepka","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest","tag-liv-golf","tag-news","tag-pga-tour","tag-siriusxm-pga-tour-radio","tag-sports","tag-us-open-winner","tag-wyndham-clark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429679","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=429679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}