PGA Tour, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka
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It’s not new for Bryson DeChambeau to be at odds with the Tour, whether it is filing a lawsuit against it or being left out of the Ryder Cup team dinner. Now, DeChambeau has signed a deal that might center him in a growing debate.
The PGA Tour has clear intentions of bringing back some of the top golf stars it lost to LIV Golf years ago. That trend started recently when Brooks Koepka struck a stunning deal with the PGA Tour to return
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Brooks Koepka reinstated by PGA Tour; same offer given to Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith under new program for LIV members
The tour announced Monday that Koepka will play at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in January under the “Returning Member Program.” Koepka departed for LIV Golf after the 2022 U.S. Open. However, he split with the Saudi-backed circuit in December and recently applied for reinstatement with the tour.
The PGA Tour made the offer to the three LIV golfers when announcing Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour under the new Returning Member Program.
The two-time U.S. Open champion told Sports Illustrated that no one from the Tour reached out to him before announcing its “Returning Member Program.”
The two-time U.S. Open champion posted on his Instagram story Tuesday afternoon asking his followers a simple, but complex, question.
The PGA Tour's newly created "Returning Member Program" offers a pathway for specific players — major and Players Championship winners between 2022 and 2025 — to jump directly back onto the Tour. That designation includes only four players: Kopeka, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith.