{"id":333632,"date":"2025-12-24T17:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/333632\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:38:16","slug":"brooks-koepka-quits-liv-golf-to-focus-on-family-life-golf-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/333632\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks Koepka quits LIV Golf to focus on family life | Golf News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Koepka, a key signing to the breakaway LIV Golf three years ago, has exited the tour a year before his contract ends.<\/p>\n

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LIV Golf announced on Tuesday that five-time major \u200cchampion Brooks Koepka has parted ways with the lucrative worldwide tour prior to the \u200d2026 season.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Koepka, \u200dwho had one year left on his LIV contract, has yet to declare whether he intends to return to the PGA Tour. He left in June 2022 when LIV signed him to a reported $100m contract to jump-start its bid to compete \u2060with the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have amicably and mutually agreed that Brooks Koepka will no longer compete \u200bin the LIV Golf League, following the 2025 season,\u201d LIV Golf CEO \u200dScott O\u2019Neil said in a statement. \u201cBrooks is prioritizing the needs of his family and staying closer to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koepka\u2019s tenure with LIV was laden with highs and lows. When he won the 2023 PGA Championship after spending most of \u200dhis days playing \u2060in LIV\u2019s comparatively non-competitive environment that featured 54-hole, no-cut tournaments, it gave LIV a big boost of credibility.<\/p>\n

On the flipside, Koepka occasionally expressed his frustration with his situation \u2013 sounding like the 2017 and 2018 US Open champion and 2018, 2019, 2023 PGA titlist was marking time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a contract obligation out here to fulfil, and then we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d Koepka said at one LIV event.<\/p>\n

His official third-person statement did not offer \u200bany hints as to his future.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrooks Koepka will be stepping \u200caway from LIV Golf. He is deeply grateful to Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Scott O\u2019Neil, and the LIV Golf leadership team, his teammates, and the fans. Family has always guided Brooks\u2019s decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend \u200cmore time at home. Brooks will continue to be a huge supporter of LIV Golf and wishes the league and its players continued \u200csuccess. Brooks remains passionate about the game of golf and will \u2060keep fans updated on what\u2019s ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Koepka can tee it up for all four majors next year thanks to his 2023 PGA Championship victory, the PGA Tour requires LIV exiles to sit out one year from their last LIV \u200ctournament. His last appearance was on August 24 at the one-day LIV Golf Michigan event.<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour could offer an exemption, but it also opted not to offer any hints in its statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrooks Koepka is \u200da highly accomplished professional, and we wish him and his family continued success. The PGA Tour continues to offer the best professional golfers the most competitive, challenging and lucrative environment in which \u200cto pursue greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n

LIV Golf is financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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