LIV golfers decide to staying put after Brooks Koepka goes again to PGA Tour

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Brooks Koepka might have returned to the PGA Tour following a stint at LIV Golf, however don't anticipate the Saudi-backed league's different largest stars to affix in.

Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith all dedicated to staying put when talking to reporters on Tuesday at a preseason press convention.

"I had no concept, no concept that that might occur." DeChambeau mentioned. "No concept what the penalties would even be. Proper now, I've acquired a contract. I am trying ahead to seeing what we are able to do at LIV Golf this yr."

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Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm stroll to the eighth inexperienced throughout the first spherical of the Memorial Match at Muirfield Village Golf Membership on June 2, 2022. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch)

"I decided to return out right here and spend extra time at house, and I am not giving that away. I will be on LIV for years to return," added Smith, who received the 2022 Open Championship shortly earlier than formally committing to LIV.

DeChambeau and Smith every left in 2022, however Rahm was maybe the most important shock. As soon as very outspoken in opposition to LIV, he joined the league in December 2023.

In August 2024, he shut down rumors of buyer’s remorse to Fox Information Digital, and that also seems to be the case.

"I am not planning on going anyplace. Very related reply to what Bryson gave. I want Brooks the very best. So far as I am involved, I am targeted on the league and my workforce this yr, and hopefully we are able to repeat as champions once more," Rahm mentioned.

Koepka’s resolution got here weeks after he revealed he would be leaving the rival sequence.

"I need to thank my household and my workforce for his or her continued assist all through each step of my skilled profession," he wrote on social media. "Once I was a toddler, I at all times dreamed about competing on the @PGATOUR, and I'm simply as excited at the moment to announce that I am returning to the PGA TOUR. Being nearer to house and spending extra time with my household makes this chance particularly significant to me.

Brooks Koepka, of the US, acknowledges the group on the fifth inexperienced throughout the first spherical of the British Open golf championship on the Royal Portrush Golf Membership in Northern Eire, July 17, 2025. (Peter Morrison, File/AP Photograph)

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"I consider in the place the PGA TOUR is headed with new management, new buyers, and an fairness program that provides gamers a significant possession stake," he continued. "I additionally perceive there are monetary penalties related to this resolution, and I settle for these."

Koepka mentioned he deliberate to be on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open and the Waste Administration Phoenix Open within the coming weeks.

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp mentioned Koepka’s return sparked the Returning Member Program for individuals who left the corporate and should determine to observe in Koepka’s footsteps.

Rolapp mentioned Koepka agreed to some situations upon his return to the PGA Tour . It included a "five-year forfeiture of potential fairness within the PGA Tour’s Participant Fairness Program, representing one of many largest monetary repercussions in skilled sports activities historical past, with estimations that he may miss out on roughly $50–85 million in potential earnings, relying on his aggressive efficiency and the expansion of the Tour," based on Rolapp. Koepka may also make a $5 million charitable donation to a corporation but to be decided.