PGA Tour rules out return path for LIV Golf players post-bankruptcy
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 15, 2026, 3:30 PM
Last updated Sep 15, 2026
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced that there will be no returning member program for LIV Golf players, unlike the option offered to Brooks Koepka earlier this year. Following LIV's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, which has raised questions about its future, Rolapp emphasized the importance of meritocracy in player participation. Koepka and several others previously received offers to return, but the PGA Tour is currently focused on its own structure ahead of a new competition model set to begin in 2028. Meanwhile, LIV players like Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau are still weighing their options amid uncertainty regarding contracts and potential path back to PGA status.
- •Brian Rolapp states no returning program for LIV players is planned.
- •LIV Golf recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- •Koepka and others were previously offered a path back.
- •New competition model for the PGA Tour starts in 2028.
- •Rahm has one year left on his LIV contract amid uncertainty.
- 3:30 PMYahoo Sports — PGA Tour not contemplating path back for LIV players similar to Brooks Koepka
"CEO Brian Rolapp said Tuesday the PGA Tour is not considering a path back for LIV Golf players like the program it offered Brooks Koepka and three other top players at the start of the year. LIV's future has never been more murky after the rival circuit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week as it plots a new model no longer bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia sovereign wealth fund. Koepka got out of the last year of his LIV contract and was offered a path back to the PGA Tour through the “returning member program.”
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