The former LIV Golf player is coming back to the PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open and his first round will appear on ESPN.
Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour this week at the Farmers Insurance Open, and predictably the Tour and its broadcast partners are leaning all the way in. Koepka is one of four “Featured Groups” put together by the Tour to maximize star power in its broadcast windows, and the former LIV Golf player’s first round is landing in ESPN’s broadcast window on Thursday.
This week will be the first time ESPN’s linear network has aired the first two rounds of a regular Tour event in nearly 20 years. Its broadcast will also be available on Hulu and Disney+. Koepka is playing with Ludvig Åberg and Max Homa in the first two rounds. Åberg, 26, turned pro a year after Koepka left for LIV Golf but the two have some on-course history from the 2023 Ryder Cup. Åberg and partner Viktor Hovland delivered a historic 9-and-7 rout of Koepka and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in a foursomes match, then Koepka got a small measure of revenge in defeatingBrooks is back and in this week's Featured Groups!The former captain of Smash GC announced on Dec. 23 that he would no longer play on LIV Golf and three weeks later wasvia a “Returning Member Program,” allowing the five-time major champion to come back with restrictions. Among the restrictions is the fact he can’t play in Tour signature events unless he qualifies, meaning for now he’ll play in events such as the Farmers and next week’s WM Phoenix Open, where he’s a two-time champion. Koepka is also not taking the spot of another Tour player in returning to competition. The Farmers is a 144-player event, playing over two courses in the first two rounds but adding Koepka as well as two more players from its alternate list in order to fill out threesomes. At the WM Phoenix Open, the field is 120 players and that same rule will apply. Koepka will be added and two more players off the alternate list will bring the field to 123 players.John Schwarb is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated covering golf. Prior to joining SI in March 2022, he worked for ESPN.com, PGATour.com, Tampa Bay Times and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is the author of The Little 500: The Story of the World's Greatest College Weekend. A member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Schwarb has a bachelor's in journalism from Indiana University.
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