Brandel Chamblee reacts to Brooks Koepka decision after speaking directly to the PGA Tour

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Brooks Koepka has just been dramatically reinstated as a PGA Tour player.

The PGA Tour released a lengthy statement about Brooks Koepka’s return, whilst offering an olive branch to Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Cam Smith to make the same move.

The special criteria means that only golfers who have won any of the four majors or the Players Championship from 2022 to 2025 are eligible to take advantage of the ‘returning member program’.

And now Brandel Chamblee has taken to his X account to react to the Koepka news.

Chamblee has previously called for the PGA Tour to come down hard on Koepka and that’s exactly what they’ve done.

Why should Brooks Koepka be allowed back on the PGA Tour?

He made his bed, now he should have to lie in it…right?

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Despite enabling the five-time major champion to return, he will be forced to forgo up to $85 million in potential future earnings via the player equity programme.

He also has to make a $5 million charitable donation.

But is Chamblee happy with the eventual outcome?

Brandel Chamblee reacts to the PGA Tour’s Brooks Koepka decision

The PGA Tour has laid down a real marker with their latest statement.

They have really flexed their muscles and LIV will be left licking their wounds.

Can you imagine what would happen if DeChambeau, Rahm and Smith all decide to jump ship from LIV Golf?

There could be carnage ahead. However, should Koepka have even been allowed back on the PGA Tour in the first place.

Chamblee took to his X account and posted the following message:

“I had a chance to talk with the PGA Tour, and I think the pecuniary penalty they imposed upon Brooks Koepka’s return, though substantial and unprecedented in the history of sports, was nonetheless appropriate.

“I hope it opens the door to a further exodus from LIV golf, which is a tour that is just an arm of the Saudi state.“

It will now be really interesting to see whether any other players follow Koepka back to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf.

What Brandel Chamblee said when Brooks Koepka left LIV Golf

Chamblee spoke about Koepka leaving LIV Golf three weeks ago.

He said: “Time has elevated the PGA Tour for what it is, the most competitive, legitimate and profitable tour in the world.

“Time has exposed the LIV tour for what it is, an ephemeral, flamboyant make-believe tour that can neither further the professional game nor the careers of the players who sacrificed their principles for profit in playing for the Saudis.

“My guess is those who have a path back will seek it with their hat in their hands, trying to hide the money in their pockets … The PGA Tour should make it difficult but doable for these players for the betterment of the PGA Tour and to the detriment of the LIV Tour.“

‘Difficult but doable…’ is the key phrase there. That’s the exact route that the PGA Tour has taken.

With Koepka now back on the PGA Tour, it may well only be a matter of time before DeChambeau and Rahm make the same decision.