Brooks Koepka enjoys grind in his PGA Tour return from LIV and calls every week a fresh start
Brooks Koepka is enjoying the grind in his return to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf, and he feels like he has to take advantage of every opportunity. Koepka is playing in his third consecutive tournament this week at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, an event that most of the game's top players are skipping coming off the PGA Championship. “Every week is a new fresh start for me,” Koepka said Wednesday, a day before teeing off in a group with hometown favorite Scottie Scheffler, the world's No.
1 player and defending Nelson champion.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Brooks Koepka is enjoying the grind in his return to the PGA Tour from LIV Golf , and he feels like he has to take advantage of every opportunity. Koepka is playing in his third consecutive tournament this week at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson , an event that most of the game's top players are skipping coming off the PGA Championship. “Every week is a new fresh start for me,” Koepka said Wednesday, a day before teeing off in a group with hometown favorite Scottie Scheffler, the world's No.
1 player and defending Nelson champion . “Obviously with my penalty I’m not allowed to play every event, and if I get the chance to tee up, I want to play. ” Nearly four years after being one of the biggest names to sign a financially lucrative deal with the Saudi-funded LIV tour — his was for more than $100 million — the five-time major champion is back on the PGA Tour this year with some restrictions.
He will not receive FedEx Cup bonus money this season, and he can't play in any of the signature events unless he earns his way in. The Nelson isn't one of those $20 million events. “I’ve kind of fallen back in love with this,” Koepka said.