{"id":893461,"date":"2026-09-16T00:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893461\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T00:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T00:28:10","slug":"us-pga-tour-not-considering-return-program-for-liv-golf-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893461\/","title":{"rendered":"US PGA Tour not considering return program for LIV Golf players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The PGA Tour is not considering a returning-member program that would allow players from LIV Golf to return to the US-based circuit the way Brooks Koepka did in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Speaking one week after <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-09-09\/liv-golf-files-for-bankruptcy-protection\/107131864\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/107131864\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection \u200cin New Jersey<\/a>, PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp said accountability and discipline were essential elements for any sports league.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;In terms of where we are \u200ctoday, we are not currently contemplating a returning-member program like the one \u2060you saw in January,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Everyone at the PGA Tour, myself included, has been focused on what is best for the organisation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-09-09\/liv-golf-files-for-bankruptcy-protection\/107131864\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIV Golf files for bankruptcy<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">LIV Golf files for bankruptcy, flagging a restructure with a massive loan from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rolapp added: &#8220;The PGA Tour is built on meritocracy. Every player, whether they are a member or want to become one, must earn their place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">LIV Golf&#8217;s bankruptcy filing has left the playing futures of some of the breakaway circuit&#8217;s biggest names in doubt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Major \u200cchampions Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, two of the sport&#8217;s more popular players, were listed as the top unsecured creditors, with each \u2060owed more than $US5 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Five-time major champion Koepka \u200ctook advantage of a limited-time \u200creturning member program in January to rejoin the PGA Tour after leaving LIV \u200cGolf last December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Koepka&#8217;s return came at a cost, with the former world number one facing a five-year forfeiture of potential \u200cequity in the PGA Tour&#8217;s Player \u2060Equity Program, representing an estimated $US50-85 million loss depending on his performance and tour growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia owns 100 per cent of LIV Golf&#8217;s equity, according to its bankruptcy petition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">LIV Golf hopes to exit from bankruptcy by early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PGA Tour is not considering a returning-member program that would allow players from LIV Golf to return&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,52478,73434,755,14239,1747,462930,85,1055,2489],"class_list":["post-893461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bankrupt","tag-brooks-koepka","tag-golf","tag-liv-golf","tag-pga-tour","tag-piv","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893461","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=893461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}