Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson say they have no desire to return to the PGA Tour even if allowed under the big merger – saying LIV Golf will only get bigger and better.
The future of LIV Golf and the possible reintegration of their players back onto the PGA Tour are two of the biggest questions to answer after Jay Monahan’s decision to team up with Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
Johnson insists he’s happy to stay with LIV Golf, which he says will get better as a result of a deal between the PGA Tour and PIF – and certainly doesn’t want to play more golf.
“I’m excited for the future,” said Johnson ahead of the LIV Golf tournament at Valderrama.
“I think with this agreement, the only thing that’s going to happen is LIV is going to get even better than what it is now, which it’s already great. I’m happy exactly where I am, and I’m definitely not looking to play more golf than I’m playing now, that’s for sure.”
Koepka was not quite as fully committed as Johnson as he takes a more wait and see approach, but he’s also happy where he is at the moment.
“I’ve been pretty happy with my decision to be here at LIV,” said Koepka. “I’ve enjoyed it.
“I’m not going to speak for everybody else, but I would say everybody is pretty excited, and everybody is pretty happy with where they’re at right now.
“It’s tough to look into the future and say – I don’t have any control over what other guys do, but I know I’m happy where I’m at right now, and just take it one day at a time.”
LIV schedule ‘definitely helped’ Major prep
Both Americans are also in agreement when it comes to their scheduling at LIV Golf, which they believe helps when it comes to preparing for Majors.
Although Johnson says he’s playing about the same amount of tournaments as he has done for about the last seven years – he says the schedule has been good for Majors this year.
“For me, there hasn’t really been much of a difference,” said Johnson. “I’ve played about the same amount of tournaments I think the last seven or eight years.
“The schedule has been pretty good. We’ve had some breaks. There’s been some stretches where we’ve played a lot, but we’ve also had some nice breaks, too.
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“We had a week off after the US Open, and then coming over here, we’ve got a couple weeks, then get a nice break, and then obviously get ready for the Open Championship. I think our schedule has been really nice.”
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