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Brooks Koepka’s alternative to half methods with LIV Golf after the 2025 season was presented as a personal and pleasant determination, but the timing of his departure might align completely for him to be picked up by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TGL digital golf league.

The five-time PGA Tour major champion and high-profile golfer will stop collaborating in LIV occasions beginning in 2026 after fulfilling this 12 months’s commitments. He pointed to household priorities, including his son Crew with his spouse Jena, and a difficult 12 months that included a publicly announced miscarriage in October 2025, as components influencing his profession selections.

“Family has always guided Brooks’ decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend more time at home,” his management group acknowledged. LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil also clarified that Koepka’s exit was not associated to efficiency, rigidity, or politics.

The TGL three way partnership between McIlroy and Woods continues to collect steam, with potential consumers even expressing curiosity in buying growth franchises past the league’s seven groups. The tech-savvy league is based totally in South Florida, roughly a 17-minute drive from Koepka’s hometown of West Palm Beach.

Koepka resides in Pennock Point, a $9 million waterfront property in Jupiter, situating him less than an hour from the venue and solidly within the same South Florida ecosystem that already contains Woods, McIlroy, and a number of other top-tier gamers.

TGL’s schedule suits completely with Koepka’s need to stay close to home, while its television-friendly format fits his necessities. PGA Tour laws bar gamers who defect to the rival circuit from competing for one 12 months following their last look, making Koepka immediately ineligible.

The PGA Tour responded to the development, stating: “Brooks Koepka is a highly accomplished professional, and we wish him and his family continued success.”

Although no official settlement has been confirmed, followers have already began piecing together clues online, noting that restricted choices would allow Koepka to keep proximity to home while remaining concerned in elite-level competitors.

Speculation heated up earlier this 12 months after Koepka was seen attending a TGL match last February where The Bay Golf Club topped Woods’ Jupiter Links Golf Club. Koepka attracted consideration by rising to his ft and applauding Kevin Kisner following a shank shot acknowledged as the league’s first.

Koepka joined LIV Golf in 2022 through a deal estimated at around $100 million. Despite being contracted through 2026, he departed prior to finishing his closing season. He led Smash GC as captain but will now be succeeded by Talor Gooch.

TGL’s compensation model included a $21 million prize pool in Season 1, with the championship group gathering $9 million by season’s end. With 4 gamers per group, particular person payouts exceeded $2 million for each member.

Last 12 months, Atlanta Drive Golf Club triumphed over New York Golf Club 2-0 in the best-of-three finals to clinch the title. The group consists of Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel, and Lucas Glover.