STERLING, VA — Brooks Koepka may finally be back.
With a resounding victory at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill — following a runner-up finish at the Masters in April — the 33-year-old won his fifth career major and put the golf world on notice that he’s ready to compete at the highest level once again.
This is, of course, after he defected to the LIV Golf League last year — a move that guaranteed he would play less golf for more money.
For a player with Koepka’s injury history, a 14-event season could be seen as an advantage in the eyes of players toiling away on the rival PGA Tour. But LIV’s advantage at the majors will mean less if it can’t figure out its issues with the Official World Golf Rankings and the Ryder Cup.
The biggest question coming out of Koepka’s triumph is if it will actually mean anything in the ongoing feud between LIV Golf and the PGA Tour. The offshoot golf league has struggled with television ratings and credibility, but the prospect of its players actually competing at majors could drum up more interest in a standalone LIV vs. Tour event.
