{"id":207857,"date":"2025-12-24T02:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207857\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T02:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T02:31:07","slug":"brooks-koepka-quits-liv-golf-after-three-years-but-pga-tour-return-uncertain-brooks-koepka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/207857\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka quits LIV Golf after three years but PGA Tour return uncertain | Brooks Koepka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Brooks Koepka, the five-time major champion, has become the first player to defect from LIV Golf, a significant blow to the league funded by Saudi Arabia\u2019s public investment fund and raises questions whether the PGA Tour will find a way for him to return.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The 35-year-old American has made the decision in order to spend more time with his family. He joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/jun\/22\/rory-mcilroy-brands-liv-golf-players-duplicitous-as-koepka-is-latest-to-move\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the rival tour in 2022<\/a> and won five events over four seasons \u2013 he was also the first LIV player to win a major at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2023\/may\/21\/brooks-koepka-becomes-first-liv-golfer-to-win-major-with-us-pga-triumph\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 2023 PGA Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">LIV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/golf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golf<\/a> posted an announcement to its website under a statement that Talor Gooch is the new captain of the Smash team that Koepka had led. Scott O\u2019Neil, the new CEO of LIV, said Koepka and LIV \u201camicably and mutually agreed\u201d that Koepka will no longer compete after the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cBrooks is prioritising the needs of his family and staying closer to home,\u201d O\u2019Neil said. \u201cWe appreciate the significant impact he has had on the game and wish him continued success, both on and off the course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/pga-tour\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PGA Tour<\/a> policy banning players who have joined the rival league requires them to sit out for one year from their last participation. Koepka began his career on the European tour and would have access to play there. LIV ended its season on 24 August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The PGA Tour, while not offering any substance, took the rare step of acknowledging the move involving a player no longer a member. \u201cBrooks Koepka is a highly accomplished professional, and we wish him and his family continued success,\u201d the tour said in a statement. \u201cThe PGA Tour continues to offer the best professional golfers the most competitive, challenging and lucrative environment in which to pursue greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cBrooks Koepka will be stepping away from LIV Golf,\u201d read a statement from Koepka\u2019s representatives. \u201cFamily has always guided Brooks\u2019 decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend more time at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cBrooks remains passionate about the game of golf and will keep fans updated on what\u2019s ahead,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka, the five-time major champion, has become the first player to defect from LIV Golf, a significant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-207857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}