How Tiger Woods Helped Build the Bridge to Brooks Koepka’s PGA Tour Return
Sports Illustrated • • sports
Key Points:
- Tiger Woods, once critical of LIV Golf, has played a key role in developing the PGA Tour's "Returning Member Program," facilitating the return of select LIV players like Brooks Koepka to the PGA Tour under specific conditions.
- Koepka, who left LIV Golf after four years, will rejoin the PGA Tour with restrictions including a $5 million fine, no sponsor exemptions into signature events, and ineligibility for FedEx Cup bonus money and the player equity program for five years.
- Woods emphasized that Koepka's return benefits the PGA Tour and fans by adding a top-tier player without displacing current members, highlighting the meritocratic nature of the Tour.
- The program also allows other major-winning LIV players like Bryson De
