Recipients of Brooks Koepkas $5M PGA Tour fine | Golf News

The PGA Tour has revealed the beneficiaries of the $5 million charitable contribution that Brooks Koepka was required to make following his departure from LIV Golf.

The five-time major winner confronted a sequence of financial sanctions when he finalized his return to the PGA Tour last month. Koepka had competed with the breakaway circuit for 4 seasons before departing in December.

After indicating his need to return to Tiger Woods, the tour launched the Returning Member Program, which was accessible to choose LIV members based on their profession achievements. Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Cam Smith had been the other certified gamers, but they refused and continued with LIV.

Koepka is barred from receiving equity in PGA Tour Enterprises as half of the Player Equity Program for 5 years, and he is not going to acquire any funds from the FedEx Cup Bonus Program this season. It is projected that those sanctions might value Koepka as a lot as $85M.

The 35-year-old was also required to make a $5M contribution to charitable organizations, and the tour announced the recipients of his donation in a assertion on Tuesday.

The Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation will acquire $1M, while $1.5M can be divided between 10 charities, including ALS Bridge Foundation, St Jude Children’s Hospital, and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Foundation.

Baby Quest Foundation, Best Buddies, Hannah’s Home of South Florida, Pageant of Hope, Quantam House, The Thomas Healty Hambric Foundation – Beyond the Spectrum, and UnLIMBited Foundation will also obtain a share of the $1.5M pot.

The remaining $2.5M can be “equally distributed to approved beneficiaries selected by eligible PGA Tour members, such as their foundations or other charities they support.”

The tour added in a assertion that it “will provide an update on approved player-selected charitable beneficiaries once the selection and vetting process is complete and will distribute funds via PGA TOUR Charities, Inc. as soon as possible.”

Koepka will tee it up at the Cognizant Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, this week — a short drive from his home — marking his third event since rejoining the tour.

The former world No. 1 has endured a powerful return to aggressive play, ending T56 at the Farmers Insurance Open before lacking the cut at the WM Phoenix Open.

Putting has confirmed to be his Achilles heel. He ranks second-worst on tour on the greens this season, and he must deal with his struggles with the flatstick if he harbors any hope of contending this week.