Why LIV Golf should be desperate for Brooks Koepka to return to the PGA Tour immediately

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Brooks Koepka left LIV Golf in December 2025, with a return to the PGA Tour clearly his main ambition in 2026.

Koepka played with the LIV Golf league for three years after he left the PGA Tour for pastures new in June 2022.

It was only last month when Koepka officially left LIV Golf, but he’s clearly not hanging around and resting on his laurels.

Koepka has reapplied for his PGA Tour membership as he looks to make a return to the Tour where he made his name.

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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As things stand, it’s unclear what the future holds for Koepka or indeed, the professional golfing landscape itself.

What happens next could have a significant impact on the futures of both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf.

Why LIV Golf actually need Brooks Koepka to return to the PGA Tour

The LIV Golf hierarchy should actually be praying that the PGA Tour do not make it too difficult for Koepka to come back.

If they allow him back without too harsh a punishment, it may well tempt more PGA Tour players to try their luck with LIV.

That could actually be LIV’s new model.

It would be somewhat of a revolving door model, with players joining and leaving every few years.

However, that has to be better than their current way of operating. They might be able to attract bigger names for a start.

LIV’s off-season so far has been hugely disappointing to say the least.

The Saudi-backed outfit have failed to secure any big-name signings from the PGA Tour while losing one of their biggest stars at the same time.

The likes of Thomas Detry, Laurie Canter and Elvis Smylie have joined LIV Golf, but none of those players are needle-movers.

Even players like Si Woo Kim and Sungjae Im have rejected contract offers from LIV.

It’s fair to argue that two of the main reasons why PGA Tour players are not joining LIV now are the lack of world ranking points on offer and the fear that they will, in fact, never be able to return.

This is where LIV should be praying that Koepka is allowed to return to the PGA Tour immediately.

Brooks Koepka’s PGA Tour return would be great for LIV

Even if he is given a one-year ban and eventually allowed back on the PGA Tour, that will surely serve as a green light for players who are sitting on the fence about potentially joining LIV … especially major champions.

What would then stop someone like Xander Schauffele from joining LIV for a huge signing-on fee, playing with them for two or three years before leaving, serving a short ban and then returning to the PGA Tour?

The answer is nothing.

The PGA Tour has to draw a line in the sand regarding the Brooks Koepka situation.

However, it seems like golf fans are getting confused about what that line actually means.

It has been suggested that the PGA Tour could kill LIV in an instant by letting Koepka seamlessly rejoin.

However, I think it’s quite the opposite.

The PGA Tour allowing Koepka instant access back may well enable LIV Golf to thrive moving forward, and open the floodgates to many more players leaving in order to link up with the Saudi-backed outfit.