{"id":444516,"date":"2026-01-29T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444516\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:57:10","slug":"brooks-koepka-sinks-boot-into-liv-golf-with-hype-video-player-reactions-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/444516\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka sinks boot into LIV Golf with hype video, player reactions to return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooks Koepka held a lengthy press conference this week ahead of his stunning return<\/a> to the PGA Tour for the Farmers Insurance Open.<\/p>\n

However, it took just four words the following day for him to make his most impactful statement on his LIV Golf defection yet. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are so BacK,\u201d he wrote while posting an 18-second hype video ahead of round 1, capitalising the B and K to represent his initials. <\/p>\n

The clip swiftly went viral on Thursday (AEDT), with nearly 500,000 views in its first five hours online. <\/p>\n

In the video, there are quick cuts of Koepka swinging the golf club from multiple angles, while one of his answers at the press conference, where he speaks about starting \u201canother chapter\u201d, is shown.<\/p>\n

All that comes to the backtrack of Kanye West\u2019s iconic 2007 hit Homecoming, in which Coldplay\u2019s Chris Martin sings: \u201cNow I\u2019m coming home again, maybe we can start again.\u201d <\/p>\n

As if it wasn\u2019t clear enough already where Koepka feels like he belongs, now there\u2019s absolutely zero doubt. <\/p>\n

His LIV Golf days are long, long gone. <\/p>\n

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However, how Koepka is received back on the PGA Tour by the colleagues he left four years ago serves as the biggest point of intrigue this week in San Diego, outside of how well he actually plays. <\/p>\n

Earlier comments from the likes of Wyndham Clark, who earlier this month said that Koepka had been allowed to \u201chave his cake and eat it too\u201d, suggested a potentially frosty reception lay ahead. <\/p>\n

That may still be the case among the Tour\u2019s rank-and-file, who have had many doors on the PGA Tour shut to them as a response to the LIV Golf threat. <\/p>\n

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But any animosity towards Koepka at Torrey Pines has not been immediately evident, based on the interactions and comments that have been made publicly available. <\/p>\n

The most prominent interaction seen this week involves Koepka meeting Billy Horschel on the driving range. <\/p>\n

In the video, Horschel offers Koepka an enthusiastically warm welcome, dapping him up while appearing to share a joke with him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that Horschel made headlines at the height of the player exodus to LIV by calling defectors \u2014 which included Koepka \u2014 \u201chypocrites\u201d. <\/p>\n

WHAT PLAYERS ARE SAYING<\/p>\n

Other stars have also refused to sink the boot in towards Koepka and instead are revelling in the major boost for the PGA Tour, which will also welcome back 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed from late August \u2014 one year on from his most recent LIV Golf event.<\/p>\n

Reed will need to serve that time before being able to re-join the PGA Tour, whereas Koepka \u2014 being a major winner since 2022 \u2014 is the benefactor of a fast-tracked process that\u2019s only open to him, Cameron Smith, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm before February 2. <\/p>\n

Adam Scott, who is a member of both the PGA Tour\u2019s policy board and Player Advisory Council, said that he was pleased to see the pathways back to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf being used. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good things for the tour, and probably maybe more positive things for the golf fan,\u201d Scott, said. <\/p>\n

Speaking about the difference of star power between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, he added: \u201cMy personal opinion is that\u2019s a little bit harsh. But I understand what they\u2019re saying \u2026 and certainly with Brooks returning [and] Patrick might return soon. They\u2019re no joke. <\/p>\n

\u201cBrooks is an incredible player and Patrick\u2019s a major champion and a feisty competitor. \u2026 So, hopefully the fans appreciate that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we\u2019re just dealing with it for the first time in this cycle, but, you know, it\u2019s hard having a crystal ball to look ahead and know how things play out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taking a firmer viewpoint, however, was this week\u2019s defending champion Harris English. <\/p>\n

Speaking after learning of Reed\u2019s imminent defection, English said that the writing is now on the wall for LIV Golf. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs you\u2019re seeing, kind of the dominoes are starting to fall of maybe those guys on the LIV tour are not that happy out there and the grass is not greener on the other side,\u201d English said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re seeing the PGA Tour getting stronger and having more success, and kind of seeing that money\u2019s not the end all, be all. Like that doesn\u2019t fulfil them. It doesn\u2019t fulfil me.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re still competitors; they\u2019re competitive people and they love playing in the biggest events against the best players in the world. For me, that\u2019s out here on the PGA Tour, and I think they\u2019re starting to realise that, that that\u2019s what fulfils them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swedish gun Ludvig Aberg also said he didn\u2019t begrudge anyone looking to get back onto the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

He revealed that he had the opportunity to join LIV Golf, but ultimately wasn\u2019t excited by the proposal. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like it; it wasn\u2019t anything I wanted to be a part of,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Aberg added: \u201cIf you\u2019re doing it the right way and you want to come back, I have no problem.\u201d <\/p>\n

But perhaps the most poetic of reactions in San Diego this week came from last year\u2019s shock US Open champion, JJ Spaun.<\/p>\n

His take on the situation suggested that some of the stars still on LIV Golf have made the wrong move, and are doomed to a career of obscurity.<\/p>\n

\u201cGolf always wins in the end. I\u2019m really conscious that a few people can\u2019t mess it up,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if they fiddle too much, they\u2019ll be caught out, and, you know, vanish from the game\u2014like struck down by golf and removed.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka held a lengthy press conference this week ahead of his stunning return to the PGA Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[5487,2095,64,63,485,3193,52769,175501,230719,3738,230718,755,51063,230723,1745,29459,15816,230725,230724,230717,104668,230721,2041,2067,70796,42333,50264,230720,54492,668,5886,85,230722,6953,230489,2614,766,230716,175347,6959],"class_list":["post-444516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-adam-scott","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-california","tag-cameron-smith","tag-crystal-ball","tag-dj-premier","tag-four-word-jab","tag-fox-sports","tag-fresh-defection-spells","tag-golf","tag-golf-club","tag-golf-fan","tag-golf-news","tag-golf-world","tag-harris-english","tag-hype-video","tag-impactful-statement","tag-lengthy-press-conference","tag-ludvig-aberg","tag-multiple-angles","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-patrick-reed","tag-player-advisory-council","tag-player-exodus","tag-player-reactions","tag-positive-things","tag-press-conference","tag-san-diego","tag-sports","tag-swedish-gun","tag-tee-times","tag-truth-rivals","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-video-game","tag-villain-era","tag-webex-players-series","tag-wyndham-clark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444516","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=444516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}