In 2022 Brooks Koepka left PGA Tour in favor of LIV Golf.\u00a0 In the 2025 season, there have been several rumors of him leaving once his contract is up.\u00a0 Fred Couples managed to fan the flames when he revealed that Koepka missed the tour during a radio interview.\u00a0 Koepka hasn\u2019t had much criticism during his tenure at LIV Golf, but that changed during an interview.\u00a0 According to Koepka, LIV Golf is Behind.<\/p>\n
During Koepka\u2019s interview on The Joe Pomp Show<\/a>, he laid it out plain and simple.<\/p>\n “Look we\u2019re 4 years in, it\u2019s just getting its feet wet and figuring out what direction they want it to go. Obviously there\u2019s been a lot of change and hires of people within LIV and now having Scott. I think Scott\u2019s a great guy and he can lead LIV to where it needs to be and where I think it should be.\u00a0 Because we are behind. To be quite fair. Behind where we should be. From bringing sponsors in to hitting the international market and the US market”.<\/p>\n This relates to multiple issues with LIV that have been covered multiple times before.\u00a0 Koepka brings up LIV Golf’s struggles with viewership numbers<\/a>, it usually gets over a hundred thousand views.\u00a0 Meanwhile, PGA Tour events regularly get millions of views.\u00a0 Sponsors have been reluctant to support LIV Golf and its golfers; Dustin Johnson discovered this first-hand<\/a> when he first joined.\u00a0 All this is on top of LIV struggling to make a profit<\/a>; operating costs alone already exceed its revenue.\u00a0 The initial sign-on deals cost the league hundreds of millions per golfer.\u00a0 Last but not least was the PGA\u2019s suspension on any player who played with LIV within a year of them trying for a PGA event.\u00a0 All this mixed together has hampered LIV\u2019s attempts at growth.\u00a0 The league is only still standing because the expenses are just pocket change to an organization like the PIF.<\/p>\n Fans are pretty down on LIV Golf in general.\u00a0 With it being owned by the PIF, its presence has always been controversial.\u00a0 However, now fans are looking at its lack of growth in terms of viewership and just personal engagement with it and wondering how it is sticking around.\u00a0 The sentiment is pretty in line with Koepka’s thinking in the replies to the interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a dead fish\u20264 years in and no way up,\u201d\u00a0 one fan wrote.<\/p>\n “It was over before it started a big money grab. The PGA Tour is thriving no matter what people say,” another fan said<\/p>\n Some fans are still in the wait-and-see phase, trying to determine what they think of the league.\u00a0“They are not 4 years in. They are 3 years and some change. I think they\u2019re ahead of what most people thought. We\u2019ll see where they\u2019re at when they hit the 5-year mark.”<\/p>\n Other commenters have pointed out something to note: that LIV\u2019s presence is a lateral move for the sport, regardless of how well it does.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 It forces the sport further into the modern age.<\/p>\n Another commenter said, “Golf is on an upward trajectory, and that is because of LIV and TopGolf and TGL\u2026 the \u201cchanges\u201d work.”<\/p>\n Most were not very confident in LIV Golf, yet they still see its existence as a net positive.<\/p>\nFan Reaction<\/h2>\n
Brooks Koepka Has A Point<\/h2>\n