Brooks Koepka's return exposed PGA Tour's new 'side door'
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Brian Rolapp’s early days as CEO of the PGA Tour are going well. After a few years of uncertainty, the PGA Tour appears to be back on solid ground.
The journey of former Jacksonville resident Bud Cauley after a 2018 car accident will be examined in a series produced by PGA Tour Studios.
The PGA Tour has clear intentions of bringing back some of the top golf stars it lost to LIV Golf years ago. That trend started recently when Brooks Koepka struck a stunning deal with the PGA Tour to return after choosing not to reignite negotiations with LIV.
Pat Perez, who worked as an announcer in 2025 after a three-year run on the LIV Golf Tour, has been reinstated by the PGA Tour. That move comes after the news on Monday that the PGA is welcoming Brooks Koepka back.
The PGA Tour have opened the door for a few LIV Golf players to make their way back, but Phil Mickelson is not among them. Brooks Koepka is set to rejoin the PGA Tour after agreeing to make a $5 million donation to charity.
Snedeker, the older brother of longtime PGA Tour player, was on business in New York back in the summer of 2022 when he entered a 36-hole one-day U.S. Amateur qualifying (the U.S. Golf Association has since moved to a two-stage qualifying structure for the championship).
The PGA Tour is expanding its Player Equity Program to reward current performance, adding the top 50 in the FedEx Cup this year to those receiving recurring grants from a first-of-its-kind program that has topped $1 billion in equity for more than 200 players.
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Shane Lowry has to be wishing these two new rules were in place on the PGA Tour a year ago
The PGA Tour is implementing five new Model Local Rules, two of which would have helped the Irishman during majors in 2025