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Patrick Reed is leaving LIV Golf and will return to PGA Tour competition as soon as this fall.
Reed, who improved his Official World Golf Ranking to No. 29 after winning last week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic, played on LIV from 2022 to 2025. But he had yet to sign a new contract for the 2026 season, which begins Feb. 4 in Saudi Arabia. He is the second LIV player to leave in the past month, joining Brooks Koepka in returning to the PGA Tour.
“After careful thought and consideration, my family and I have decided that I will no longer compete on the LIV Golf Tour,” Reed said in a statement posted to social media Wednesday. “I am excited to announce that I am returning to the PGA Tour as a past champion member for the 2027 season and am eligible to begin competing in PGA Tour events later this year. I will continue to compete and play as an Honorary Lifetime Member on the DP World Tour, which is something that I am truly honored and excited to do. I’m a traditionalist at heart, and I was born to play on the PGA Tour, which is where my story began.”
The PGA Tour in a statement acknowledged Reed is “seeking reinstatement of his PGA Tour membership for the 2027 season, playing out of the past champion category.”
“As a result of resigning his membership in 2022 prior to violating any PGA Tour Regulations, Patrick is eligible to compete on the PGA Tour as a non-member beginning on August 25, 2026,” the statement released Wednesday afternoon read. “He may also pursue improved PGA Tour status via the DP World Tour. Similar to anyone reinstated under the Returning Member Program, any former PGA Tour member returning to the PGA Tour would be ineligible for participation in the Player Equity Program through 2030.”
Reed last participated in an unauthorized tournament on Aug. 24, 2025, which was the final round of LIV’s team championship event in Michigan. He does not meet the criteria for the “Returning Member Program,” which created a pathway for LIV players who had won a major championship or the Players Championship since 2022. Reed’s only major victory is the 2018 Masters.
In a memo to PGA Tour players Wednesday, chief competitions officer Tyler Dennis and chief player officer Jason Gore said they expect Brooks Koepka “will be the only player rejoining the tour through the Returning Member Program” ahead of the Feb. 2 deadline.
LIV’s Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Cam Smith are the only other three players eligible for the program, but each have said they don’t plan on leaving LIV this year.
Beyond the “Returning Member Program,” there are also players—like Reed—interested in returning to the PGA Tour who do not meet the criteria, according to a source familiar with the PGA Tour’s operations. The tour has a process in place for those players to return, which is based on the tour’s existing regulations and policies.
Several factors may impact the timeline in which a player who competed in LIV events may return, like application of the non-member policy, any outstanding disciplinary actions, and eligibility for membership and exempt status.
In the memo to players, the PGA Tour also provided updates on three other former LIV players.
Kevin Na, who like Reed played on LIV from 2022 to 2025, has had his PGA Tour membership reinstated, but he is currently facing disciplinary action for outstanding violations of the tour’s regulations. More clarity on Na’s return date will be provided when appropriate.
Pat Perez, who played on LIV from 2022 to 2024 and was a LIV broadcaster in 2025, had his membership reinstated this month and is in the process of serving his disciplinary action. He is currently eligible to return to PGA Tour–sanctioned competition on Jan. 1, 2027. Perez will turn 50 on March 1, meaning he will also be eligible for the PGA Tour Champions, which is for players ages 50 and older.
Hudson Swafford, who last played on LIV in 2024, had his membership reinstated in January 2025 and is in the process of serving his disciplinary action. He is currently eligible to return to PGA Tour–sanctioned competition on Jan. 1, 2027.
