Five strict PGA Tour rules Brooks Koepka must follow after quitting LIV Golf
Brooks Koepka must adhere to five strict rules following his comeback to the PGA Tour after quitting LIV Golf.
Brooks Koepka must follow five strict rules after being re-admitted to the PGA Tour - and one of them has already been fulfilled.
Five-time major winner Koepka joined LIV Golf in 2022 as one of the most high-profile departures from the PGA Tour.
He reportedly earned around £125 million during his three-and-a-half years in LIV, and remained eligible to play in PGA Tour majors and the Ryder Cup during that time period.
Koepka won the 2023 PGA Championship, but hasn't recorded a top-10 finish in major championships since then and failed to make the cut on three out of four occasions last year.
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In January, he took advantage of the PGA's limited-time Returning Members Program to seal a comeback to the PGA Tour - albeit with very strict restrictions in place.
Only players who had not been a member of the PGA for at least two years, and had won a major between 2022 and 2025, were eligible to enter the program.
Koepka had already agreed to leave LIV Golf by mutual consent at the end of 2025, despite having a year left on his original contract.
But as part of his comeback to the PGA Tour, the 35-year-old will have to follow a number of imposed rules.
The first of those was that the American had to pay $5 million in charitable donations through the program, of which the exact details were announced last week.
It was confirmed that he would pay $1 million to Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, alongside a further $1.5 million to 10 charities selected by Koepka and approved by the PGA Tour.
The remaining $2.5 million will be 'equally distributed to approved beneficiaries selected by eligible PGA Tour members, such as their foundations or other charities they support', a press release stated.
Koepka also must play in a minimum of '15 cosponsored and approved tournaments in the 2026 season'.
Regardless of how many total events he plays, the American will be ineligible to receive a share of the 2026 FedExCup Bonus Program, which awards players a share of the total $100 million prize pot after the BMW Championship.
Koepka is also ineligible for PGA Tour equity grants for a period of five years, up to the end of 2030.
He also must qualify for the PGA's signature events, which allow automatic qualification for the top-performing players in the FedExCup standings and sponsor exemptions.
Koepka has competed in three PGA Tour events since his comeback, and finished tied for ninth at the Cognizant Classic over the weekend after a final-round 65.
Speaking prior to that event, he told reporters: "I feel really good. I think the first week was just a matter of getting out, going out and play. Then Phoenix exposed some stuff that I need to work on.
"But it feels really good. I'm excited. I know that it's progressing very, very nicely, and I just want to put myself in contention a few times before Augusta and see where everything lies."
On the charitable donations, he said: "It was mutual. Me and the PGA Tour got together, and all those charities are charities I've been involved in for years.
"I just feel like it was a good opportunity to donate to something where I know where the money's actually going to, and I'm involved with already.
"A lot of them are local, which I think is very cool. So you get to see the progress over years and years, and get to go and visit them."
Topics: Golf, United States
Ryan Smart