Brooks Koepka will make his PGA Tour return in the next week Open Farmers Insurance.
Five times major champion they parted ways with LIV Golf on Dec. 23 and officially returned to the PGA Tour via a new, limited-time route called “Returning Member Program” on January 12. The PGA Tour already awarded Koepka a spot in his latest ad and his tee time at Torrey Pines Next week, two players who are not yet on the field will benefit.
New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp had to walk a tightrope to bring back Koepka. Rolapp’s job was to find a way to bring Koepka back — thereby increasing the value of the PGA Tour — but to do so in a way that wouldn’t upset the queue membership. As part of the “Returning Member Program” guidelines, Koepka will not take the place of another player at a court he has committed to join. Instead, Koepka being on the court will add a spot or two to the court to make the double or triple work.
So on Monday, the PGA Tour will add the first two pars on the Farmers Insurance Course to make it 147 even for three.
Field note:
With Brooks Koepka competing in the Farmers Insurance Open, the field is currently 145 players.
To round out the trio, the field will officially expand to 147 as of Monday at noon PT, with the first two alternates at that time being added to the…
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As of this writing, Matt Kuchar and Justin Lower are the two main options. Taylor Moore and Joel Dahmen are No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. If any players in the field retire before Monday’s 12:00 p.m. PT deadline, Kuchar and Lower would be the first players to slot into the open spots, and Moore and Dahmen would then move up to the alternate list.
To appease the membership, especially those outside the top 50 in the official world rankings, Koepka is also ineligible to receive a sponsor’s invitation to the big-money Signature Events. He can play his way into them via the Aon Next 10, the Aon Swing 5 or by jumping into the top 30 on the OWGR. Koepka will also play next week at the WM Phoenix Open, giving him two weeks to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Genesis Invitational.
In the end, Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour and the way Rolapp structured the comeback was a win for the PGA Tour, its stars and the next membership.
“We have a player in probably the third of his generation that went to another tournament,” Tiger Woods said of Koepka’s return. “(He) played there and was determined to come back here and left early to come back.
“It says a lot about the PGA Tour, where we’ve gone, what we’ve done, what we’ve accomplished and the players that have stayed and supported the tour. To have another world-class player that these guys are going to try and beat, that’s what the fans asked for. That’s what the fans wanted for our fan initiative program, and I think we addressed that.”
Rickie Fowler added: “I think it’s great. I feel like Brooks has been in a position, he’s wanted to be back playing with us for a long time, so I’m very happy we’re back in the position we are now.”
The “returning member program” opened the door for Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Cameron Smith to return to the PGA Tour by Feb. 2, but all three have said they plan to stay at LIV Golf.
While the three will prepare for the Saudi-backed league’s season that begins in Riyadh on February 4, Koepka will make it to the PGA Tour for the first time in three years next week at Torrey Pines.
And his return will bring an additional benefit to two players in Southern California next week.
