Which Former Major Winner May Have ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ in Joining LIV Golf?

It was bound to happen at some point. After all, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

Thanks to golf writer Alan Shipnuck’s mailbag, we’re learning that a LIV Golf pro may be rethinking his decision to join the new golf league.

“I’m hearing a lot of rumblings that Brooks Koepka has buyer’s remorse. He took the money when his brittle body was still being put back together, and in private he has confided to folks he wasn’t sure if he would ever get fully healthy again. But now Koepka is feeling frisky and supposedly rethinking his career choice,” Shipnuck wrote.

“The guy has one of the biggest egos in golf, and as the PGA Tour creates ever-increasing buzz with its elevated events and even the state-sanctioned TGL, Koepka has to feel like he’s on the outside looking in.”

👀@AlanShipnuck: I’m hearing a lot of rumblings that Brooks Koepka has buyer’s remorse. The guy has one of the biggest egos in golf, and as the PGA Tour creates ever-increasing buzz with its elevated events and even the state-sanctioned TGL, Koepka has to https://t.co/6MITrlzBId… https://t.co/XGnYzZ8dm3 pic.twitter.com/WP9eelI5nz

— Fire Pit Collective (@firepitstories) February 15, 2023

Kopeka won the LIV event in Jeddah last year but was out of the top 10 in his other four starts for the new tour in 2022.

The question moving forward will be if there’s a path back to the PGA Tour for any LIV players who either want out or whether the league doesn’t survive in the long-term.

The court case happening in Europe now will play a big part. Testimony was heard last week over whether the DP World Tour can ban LIV golfers from its circuit. The decision will influence who can play on that tour and whether European golfers in LIV could still be eligible for the Ryder Cup.

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The PGA Tour has taken a harder stance. Commissioner Jay Monahan has indefinitely suspended everyone in LIV Golf. But Shipnuck wrote that doesn’t mean Monahan wouldn’t be open to welcoming golfers back.

“Secretly, Monahan would love for some big-name LIV guys to come home because it would be a p.r. bonanza for the PGA Tour,” Shipnuck wrote.

Greg Norman Jr., who runs several businesses but has no official ties to LIV—where is father is the CEO—did offer a response to Shipnuck’s comments on Twitter.

No. Bs.

— Greg Norman Jr (@GregJrNorman) February 16, 2023

LIV’s second season begins next weekend at Mayakoba in Mexico for the first of 14 events in 2023.