{"id":221032,"date":"2025-10-18T00:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221032\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:50:10","slug":"pga-tour-winner-predicts-earliest-date-for-brooks-koepka-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/221032\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour winner predicts earliest date for Brooks Koepka return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former PGA Tour member turned on-course broadcaster Johnson Wagner has claimed Brooks Koepka<\/a> won’t be able to return to the North American circuit until 2027 at the earliest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Koepka was among the first wave of players to be recruited by the PIF-backed league at the height of the golf wars in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is understood Koepka – who was the first golfer to be associated with LIV<\/a> to win a major championship – signed a five-year contract worth more than $100m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There has been plenty of speculation whether the five-time major champion would entertain a return to the PGA Tour<\/a> when his contract expires at the end of next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Koepka previously acknowledged his decision to join LIV in the first place was made easier given his career was threatened with a serious knee injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But, after a dire season by his standards, does Koepka now envisage a different future?<\/p>\n

For his part, Koepka has stayed mum on the subject and even lashed out at the reporting of the issue<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Brooks <\/p>\n

Brooks Koepka<\/p>\n

Wagner told the Straight Facts Homie podcast he believes nothing will happen until 2027 at the earliest and players like Koepka would still have to serve a period of suspension.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I think there’s got to be a path for those guys to come back and play on the PGA Tour,” he said. “And I don’t know what that looks like.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’ve heard that 2027 is the earliest that anything can happen. I know a guy named Hudson Swafford, who was one of the first guys to go, a multiple, multiple winner on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

“He got relegated from LIV, and the PGA Tour basically said, ‘You have a year suspension, you can come back and try to play in 2027,’ is what I’ve heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“So I think that is what we’re looking at as far as any sort of unity.”<\/p>\n

Why Brooks Koepka may be tempted to return<\/p>\n

Brooks Koepka has had a dreadful season by his lofty standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The US golfer missed cuts at The Masters<\/a>, PGA Championship<\/a> and The Open<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He finished a respectable 12th at the US Open after he was read the riot act<\/a> by his coach Peter Cowen but would’ve expected to be higher up the leaderboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Koepka’s season on LIV was also nothing to shout about, with his best finish a runner-up in Singapore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Overall, Koepka finished 31st in LIV’s individual standings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His struggles on the course led to Koepka admitting that his family and team probably didn’t enjoy his company.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Brooks <\/p>\n

Brooks Koepka<\/p>\n

“From the first weekend in April until last week you didn’t want to be around me,” Koepka said before the 2025 Masters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It drove me nuts. It ate at me. I haven’t been happy. It’s been very irritating. I had to apologise. I’ve apologised to Rick, Pete, Jeff, Blake, my wife, my son, everybody. I wouldn’t have wanted to be around me.”<\/p>\n

Koepka may also welcome a return to the PGA Tour if it is true that LIV officials are no longer wanting to pay huge, up-front signing bonuses to recruits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This may be different for Koepka, though, given his pull.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The same can also be said for Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>. Like Koepka, DeChambeau’s contract also expires next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DeChambeau told reporters that he was planning on sorting out his contract after the Ryder Cup<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He steadfast in his assessment that his future lies with LIV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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