Ahead of Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour at this weekend’s Farmers Insurance Open, 2025 Masters champion Rory McIlroy says all might not be well at LIV Golf.

“I think it says more about Brooks than anything else,” McIlroy said after Monday night’s TGL event when asked about Koepka’s return. “He obviously is a very competitive person and wants to compete at the highest level. I think he made the decision that he thought competing at the highest level meant coming back to the PGA Tour.”

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McIlroy also addressed remarks made after this past weekend’s DP World Tour event by LIV member Patrick Reed. The Masters winner in 2018, Reed revealed that he does not have a contract with the breakaway tour for the 2026 season that begins on Feb. 5. While Reed says he intends to play for LIV this season, he revealed he had a Plan B.

“If I ended up not playing on LIV this year, obviously it would be one of those things that I would be out here playing more on [the DP World Tour] and trying to secure one of those spots in the Top 10, and allow myself to get back on the PGA Tour,” Reed said.

Since Reed did not qualify for the PGA’s Returning Member Program that Koepka used for his return, the most viable pathway for his return to the PGA is through the DP World Tour where the top-10 finishers in 2026 with be offered memberships for 2027.

McIlroy says what Reed’s situation demonstrates is that, perhaps, the bloom is off the rose for LIV.

“You’ve seen others say this recently,” McIlroy said. “Patrick Reed said it in Dubai last week. It seems like some of those guys are maybe starting to realize that they’re not getting everything that they wanted out of going over there, and that’s obviously a great thing for the PGA Tour.”

The Farmers Insurance Open tees off on Thursday from Torrey Pines in San Diego. Harris English is the defending champion.