Patrick Reed’s next move looks a lot like the one Brooks Koepka helped make possible.
The 2018 Masters champion has announced he will step away from LIV Golf and spend the rest of 2026 playing on the DP World Tour, while seeking reinstatement on the PGA Tour for the 2027 season. The PGA Tour confirmed Reed is formally seeking reinstatement for 2027, though he could be eligible to compete sooner as a non-member.
Reed who recently won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic last week, his timing is telling. Koepka’s return route via the PGA Tour’s newly created Returning Player Program cracked open a door that once looked bolted shut — and Reed now becomes the latest big name to publicly point back toward it.
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— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) January 28, 2026
“I’m a traditionalist at heart,” Reed said. “I was born to play on the PGA Tour.”
In a memo to members addressing Reed’s situation, the PGA Tour also noted that three other former LIV players — Kevin Na, Pat Perez and Hudson Swafford — have already reinstated their memberships, but still have outstanding disciplinary violations. Per the Tour, Perez and Swafford will be eligible to return to PGA Tour-sanctioned competition on January 1, 2027, while Na’s return date is still being determined.
Reed joined LIV in 2022, but his exit — alongside a growing list of reinstatement cases — is another sign that the post-LIV “one-way door” era is starting to bend.
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