CEO: PGA Tour will consider paths to bring back LIV players - ESPN

The PGA Tour will consider additional pathways to bring back LIV Golf players who might want to return to the circuit, CEO Brian Rolapp said Monday.

While reports surfaced last week that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is on the verge of pulling its funding, LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil said his league has the PIF's support through this season.

«Listen, we're reading all the same headlines you're reading,» Rolapp said on «The Pat McAfee Show» on Monday. «We don't know what's going on over there. We know those guys are under contract. We'll respect that.»

Five-time major championship winner Brooks Koepka and 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed left the LIV Golf League before this season.

Koepka and LIV Golf agreed to end his contract early. He came back to the PGA Tour in January under the returning member program, which allowed LIV golfers who had been away from the PGA Tour for at least two years — and who won the Players Championship or one of the four majors (the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship) since 2022 — to return under certain conditions and with severe financial penalties.

Koepka agreed to forfeit any player equity shares for the next five years and won't be eligible for the $100 million FedEx Cup bonus program in 2026. Koepka, at the PGA Tour's request, also agreed to make a $5 million donation to charity.

Reed couldn't reach a new contract with LIV Golf. He is expected to return to the PGA Tour on Aug. 25 when his one-year suspension ends.

«Brooks came back on to the tour because he made a phone call and said, 'Look, I'm out of my contract, I'm ready to come back,' so we're thinking about it,» Rolapp told McAfee. «We'll react when we have an opportunity to react, but right now