Sir Nick Faldo began commentating after he retired from playing competitive golf and his insightful takes were hugely popular with golf fans.
Of course, Nick Faldo has now left his commentary role, but he still has a lot to say about the everyday goings on in the wonderful world of professional golf.
Perhaps the best take of his commentary career came back in 2022 when he made comments about Brooks Koepka after the American left the PGA Tour in order to link up with LIV Golf.
Koepka officially left LIV Golf last week, with rumors suggesting that he wants to return to the PGA Tour.
Is this the end of LIV Golf?
However, the five-time major champion will not be able to waltz back onto the PGA Tour with zero consequences.
It has been suggested the earliest that Koepka could play PGA Tour golf again is in 2027.
The 35-year-old could well play on the DP World Tour next season but it may well be a while before we see him playing on the best Tour in the world again.
The frustrating thing is that it really didn’t have to be that way.
Nick Faldo nailed it with his Brooks Koepka prediction in 2022
When Koepka left to join LIV in 2022 it was a huge shock for everyone, especially after he insisted that he wouldn’t be leaving the PGA Tour just weeks before.
Koepka won five times on LIV Golf in just under two years but the 2025 season was a real struggle for him.
The five-time major winner failed to secure a victory and he generally cut a very frustrated figure out on the golf course.
Incredibly, Faldo foresaw that exact scenario three-and-a-half years ago.
When speaking during the Travelers Championship in June 2022, just after Koepka committed to join LIV Golf, Faldo made a prediction about the American.
“Brooks is a wonderful example of the challenge of playing the tour,” Faldo said.
“He wins four majors, he’s climbed his way up, last week he’s saying ‘get out my face, all I want to do is play golf and go win’, but somebody then hit his number, and off he goes.
“I’m really surprised at that because I know when he’s out there [at LIV Golf], it’s a boatload of cash, it’s a boatload of mandatory personal appearances. I’m sure he’s going to find that gets very old, very quickly.”
“You’ve got to enjoy what you do in life. You can’t be standing on the golf course and thinking, ‘I don’t know the reason why I’m out here.’ You just can’t fake that.
“It’s an important thing in life to know what you’re out there for, and you think, ‘I love this. I really love it.’ And I cannot see how these guys right now think it’s a serious challenge.”
What poignant words from Faldo, and they have proven to be absolutely correct.
Koepka clearly lost his competitive edge after switching to LIV Golf.
Brooks Koepka must have realized he was missing something on LIV Golf
Sure, he won the PGA Championship in 2023 but aside from that, he has been pretty much a total non-factor in the major championships.
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That obviously hasn’t sat well with Koepka.
He is a man who has persistently repeated his mantra that winning major championships is the most important thing to him.
He wants his legacy to be defined by his performances in the four biggest events on the golfing calendar.
And the simple fact of the matter was that playing on LIV Golf was having an adverse effect on his chances of not only winning majors, but competing in them.
Koepka has made a wise decision by leaving LIV and he will be hoping to return to the PGA Tour as soon as possible.
And the amazing thing is that, more than three years ago, Nick Faldo called exactly how Brooks Koepka’s situation would pan out.
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