Brooks Koepka applied for reinstatement of his PGA Tour membership Friday, sources told ESPN, the first step in the five-time major champion’s potential return to the tour.<\/p>\n
Koepka, 35, left the LIV Golf League on Dec. 23 with one year left on his contract with the Saudi Arabian-financed breakaway circuit.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t immediately clear when Koepka, a nine-time winner on the PGA Tour, will be permitted to return. He didn’t renew his membership before the 2022-23 season, sources previously told ESPN.<\/p>\n
Koepka last competed on the PGA Tour when he tied for 12th at the Valspar Championship on March 22, 2022.<\/p>\n
Last month, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil said that the league and Koepka “amicably and mutually agreed” he would no longer compete in the league.<\/p>\n
“Brooks is prioritizing the needs of his family and staying closer to home,” O’Neil said in a statement at the time. “We appreciate the significant impact he has had on the game and wish him continued success, both on and off the course.”<\/p>\n
Koepka’s wife, Jena, announced on social media in October that she had suffered a miscarriage at 16 weeks. The couple has a 2-year-old son, Crew.<\/p>\n
“Family has always guided Brooks’ decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend more time at home,” Koepka’s management team said in a statement on Dec. 23. “Brooks will continue to be a huge supporter of LIV Golf and wishes the league and its players continued success. Brooks remains passionate about the game of golf and will keep fans updated on what’s ahead.”<\/p>\n
Sources told ESPN that once Koepka reapplies for membership, the tour will start its reinstatement and disciplinary process, which will include “thoughtful input from the board, including player directors.”<\/p>\n
Koepka has fallen to No. 244 in the Official World Golf Ranking because golfers haven’t received ranking points for their finishes in LIV Golf events.<\/p>\n
Koepka can compete in each of the four majors this season because of his five-year exemption for winning the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka applied for reinstatement of his PGA Tour membership Friday, sources told ESPN, the first step in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-399299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}