Koepka takes LIV parting shot with PGA Tour win in | Golf News

Brooks Koepka has made his return to the PGA Tour for the 2026 season, setting his sights on the top prize at the One Flight Myrtle Beach Classic.

Koepka departed LIV Golf earlier this yr and rejoined the American circuit via the Returning Member Program, a pathway particularly created for him, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Cameron Smith to make their comeback ought to they select to do so. Koepka was the only one to take up the offer, and he delivered his lowest spherical of 64 on the PGA Tour since 2021 during the second spherical at Myrtle Beach.

“Like I said, the main focus is putting. I’ll go right back to that putting green and try to make sure that I guess whatever I might have found today hopefully can bleed over and kind of continue into next week and then just build that momentum, because I think the one thing that’s really been lacking is just confidence.

“As I said, if you do not see something go in for a long period of time, it is robust to be actually constructive over any putt.”

Koepka is chasing his first PGA Tour victory since the 2023 PGA Championship. When asked whether the tournament felt more significant given his return to the Tour, he responded: “I assume possibly to everyone else, but to me I just look at it as a course of of the entire thing, proper?

“I don’t know when I expected to get into elevated events, whatever it is, but I said it earlier in the week, good play takes care of itself. If I just play good, go out there, have a good result tomorrow and a good result of following week and the week after that, good golf takes care of a lot.”

Koepka’s return meant he was unable to earn sponsor exemptions into signature occasions on the PGA Tour. Nevertheless, he indicated it was the most eagerly anticipated spherical of golf he had skilled in some time, hinting that competing in LIV wasn’t notably fulfilling.

“That’s the most excited I’ve been playing golf in a long, long time,” said Koepka. “I can tell you that much. It’s I would say back until ’23, the PGA. That’s the most – it’s been a long time since I’ve had fun playing golf.

“At least a yr I’ve been very – I used to be very pissed off last yr. Just wasn’t in a good place, but I feel a lot of occasions when you – it is like anyone, proper? If they’re pleased off the golf course, they are going to play properly on the golf course. I feel that’s a big, big piece of it, and I’ve discovered that.

“Refound my happiness, my love for the game. All the pieces are connected. It’s just now I’ve got to go out and go play.”