‘Don't know what's going to happen': PGA Tour players react to LIV news

Cameron Young and Scottie Scheffler walk off the tee box during the first round of the Cadillac Championship on Thursday in Miami. getty images Brooks Koepka got plenty of practice in at Trump National Doral on Thursday. Koepka waited all day at the Cadillac Championship in Miami, staying sharp and hoping a couple of players might withdraw so he could get a tee time as the second alternate.

Jake Knapp withdrew to get Kristoffer Reitan in, but Koepka needed one more player to bow out. That never happened, so Thursday turned out to be a range day for Koepka, who hasn’t qualified for a Signature Event since he returned to the PGA Tour and has to rely on playing his way into them (he can’t accept sponsor invites). That’s because Koepka, who rejoined the PGA Tour this year via the Returning Member Program after 3 1/2 years at LIV Golf, is still in the penalty box.

He didn’t get in this week’s tournament, but he’s in next week’s alternate-field event in Myrtle Beach as a final tune-up before the PGA Championship, a tournament he’s won three times. Koepka paid a hefty price to return to the PGA Tour . But what about his former LIV colleagues?

“I think having Brooks back has been great,” Cameron Young told reporters on Thursday, after he shot an eight-under 64 to take an early lead at the Cadillac Championship. “But honestly it’s not for me to decide; I don’t know what any of those guys are thinking about doing. I don’t know what’s going to happen with LIV.