Can Brooks Koepka Play TGL? Rory McIlroy ‘would love’ to add to that

after leaving LIV GolfBrooks Koepka’s schedule is pretty open right now.

While it’s gone Possible path back to the PGA Tour it’s unclear Rory McIlroy would like to see Koepka play DATEhis and Tiger Woods’ technology golf league, if the five-time major champion likes it. Koepka would be added value in the simulator league. He is one of the biggest stars of the game. But McIlroy notes it’s not as simple as him being OK with Koepka playing, even though he’s a co-founder of the league.

“I would say it’s up to people who are more powerful and more important than me. But I’m one of the founders. I’d like him to play,” McIlroy said Friday after his Boston Common team’s 7-5 win over Los Angeles Golf Club. “If there’s room on a team for Brooks to come in and play, it just makes what we’re trying to do stronger. He’s a five-time major champion. He’s been one of the best players of our generation. If he decides it’s something he wants to do, I’m sure we’ll find a way to incorporate him.”

The PGA Tour is a part-owner of TGL, so allowing Koepka to participate in the league would raise a number of questions that no one currently has answers to. No LIV golfers participated in the first season of TGL. Tyrrell Hatton was set to be in McIlroy’s Boston Common Golf team, but was replaced by Hideki Matsuyama when he entered for LIV. Jon Rahm was also originally set to be a part of the TGL roster, but left before making his move to LIV.

Koepka joined LIV Golf in 2022 and played four seasons ago deciding to part ways with the league on December 23. In a statement about the parting ways, Koepka’s representatives said he would focus on spending more time with his family, but emphasized that this was not the end of Koepka’s competitive career.

“Brooks remains passionate about the game of golf and will keep fans updated on what’s next,” the statement said.

The PGA Tour has not commented on Koepka’s future other than making a vague statement following the announcement of Koepka’s split with LIV.

“Brooks Koepka is a highly accomplished professional and we wish him and his family continued success,” the PGA Tour said in a statement. “The PGA Tour continues to provide top professional players the most competitive, challenging and profitable environment in which to pursue greatness.”

McIlroy, who once fronted the PGA Tour’s crusade against LIV, has since softened his stance on defectors to the Saudi-backed league and believes should be an easy decision for the PGA Tour to find a way to bring Koepka back if he wants to. But the way back is unclear due to a number of issues.

“Does it make sense if Brooks wanted to play the PGA Tour again to get him back as soon as possible? Absolutely,” McIlroy told The Palm Beach Post on Friday. “What Brooks has done in the game of golf, it would be great if everyone could take it back.

“It’s tough (because) you can’t treat one person any differently than you treat others. And as much as the Tour would like to treat Brooks differently, he sets a legal precedent, because of the litigation that’s happened and everything else behind the scenes. He’s still banned from the Tour because of his big wins. That’s not how others have resisted serving suspensions, or whatever that’s the hard thing.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan suspended players who competed in LIV events without conflicting event releases. Hudson Swafford said of GOLF’s Podcast subpar that he is currently serving a five-year suspension to play in LIV for three seasons.

While not everyone on the PGA Tour shares McIlroy’s view, the career Grand Slam champion would be fine with allowing LIV stars back on Tour to bolster the product and unify the game.

“They’ve made the money, but they’ve paid the consequences in terms of, you know, you talk about reputation and some of the things they’ve lost going there,” McIlroy said. overlapping Stay tuned to the soccer podcast. “If it would make the overall tour stronger to have Bryson DeChambeau and whoever else come back I would be fine with it, but again, it’s not just me, and I understand that not everybody is in my position, so, you know, it’s going to be up to the collective group of PGA Tour members to make that decision,” McIlroy said.

As the start of the 2026 PGA Tour season approaches, Koepka’s immediate future is unclear. But it’s McIlroy’s hope that the top hitter will soon return to the PGA Tour and also hit the SoFi Center grounds if he so chooses.

But those decisions are out of McIlroy’s control.