Brooks Koepka has interesting response to questions about his LIV Golf future, possible return to the PGA Tour

Always a relatively aloof character, Brooks Koepka neither confirmed nor dispelled rumors that he is seeking to leave the LIV Golf League in favor of a return to the PGA Tour. Which in and of itself might be telling.

“I've got nothing. Everybody else seems to know more than I do,” Koepka said Wednesday during a press conference ahead of this week’s LIV Golf League event in Singapore, responding to speculation that surfaced two weeks ago by former Masters champion Fred Couples, a close confidant.

“I talk to Brooks Koepka all the time. I love Brooks Koepka, and I'm not going to say anything extra except I talked to him all the time,” Couples said in a radio interview on KJR 93.3 FM in Seattle before adding a bit more that started speculation about Koepka’s status on LIV Golf. “He wants to come back. I will say that I believe he really wants to come back and play the tour.”

Koepka, a five-time winner on LIV after joining in 2022, did seem to leave the door open to the possibility of rejoining the tour, where the 34-year-old has nine career victories, including five major championships. The PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, which backs LIV, are in continued negotiations about an arrangement that could reunify the pro game, but no deal is imminent.

"I don't know where I'm going, so I don't know how everybody else does," Koepka said. "Right now I'm just focused on how do I play better? How do I play better in the majors, how does this team win? And then we'll figure out next year and how to play better again. It's the same thing. It's just a revolving cycle.

“Yeah, Fred texted me after, I guess, the comments came out,” he continued. “I don't know when it was. Sometime last week. Yeah, everybody seems to have their own opinion, and no one asks me. I talk to Fred quite a bit, but we don't go too much into detail about what's going on. Like I've said before, I'm not in those rooms. I've got a contract obligation out here to fulfill, and then we'll see what happens.”

It's unclear if Koepka’s contract with LIV Golf runs through 2025 or beyond.

Koepka’s comments were more circumspect than those of reigning U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau, who last week denied rumors that he sought a return to the PGA Tour and expressed his continued support of LIV.

“I'm very excited about the future of LIV Golf,” DeChambeau said at LIV Golf Hong Kong. “I'm very excited to be the captain of the Crushers and continue our legacy that we're starting to create. That's my goal is to create this lasting legacy where we impact millions and millions of golfers' lives around the world. That should tell you everything you should know.”