Patrick Reed seems to have worked his way back into the good graces of the PGA Tour.
When he originally left the tour for LIV Golf, it was in typical Patrick Reed fashion. An altercation with Rory McIlroy on a DP World Tour practice range and a lawsuit against the PGA Tour was Reed’s declaration of war against the tour and its players.
You’d think he’d be the last player the PGA Tour would want back from LIV, but this year has proven different. Reed left LIV Golf at the beginning of 2026 to spend a year on the DP World Tour before coming back to the PGA Tour in 2027.
However, the PGA Tour has invited Reed to play in its fall events as early as this year, and the American is reportedly considering his schedule. That’s a great sign for LIV players ahead of an uncertain 2027. #
PGA Tour’s treatment of Patrick Reed is a great sign for LIV golfers
The PGA Tour is eagerly anticipating Reed’s return, whose suspension for playing in LIV events expires in August. It seems that CEO Brian Rolapp is keen to use Reed to bolster their fall events, and that’s a great sign for other LIV players.
If there is no bad blood between the PGA Tour and Reed, then other players can look to return to the tour. At the very least, they know that there are no hard feelings among the PGA Tour’s leadership, which could have been an obstacle.
How do you think Jon Rahm will get on at the Scottish Open?
While Jon Rahm is contracted to LIV for the foreseeable future, if LIV ceases to exist next year, he will know there’s a realistic path back for the Spaniard. The same goes for players such as Tyrell Hatton or Bryson DeChambeau if they decide to take that route.
Judging by their actions with Reed, it seems that the tour’s priority is to get the very best players competing in their events.
Brian Rolapp says if he has spoken to Bryson DeChambeau or Jon Rahm
Rolapp spoke at length at the Travelers Championship a few weeks ago and was asked if he’d spoken to DeChambeau or Rahm about a potential return.
He responded, “I tend to keep my private conversations with anybody just that, private. But I will say our concentration honestly has been on this. This is what we’ve been concentrating on is how to make the PGA Tour better.
“I read what you read on LIV. I’m not sure what the future of that is or those players. They’re under contract, and until that’s no longer the case, I don’t think we need to overly worry about it. We’re focused on the PGA Tour.”
Rolapp went on to explain that there is no bad blood between him and LIV Golf. All of the LIV drama came before his appointment, so he’s able to take emotions out of the equation and do what is best for the PGA Tour.
He said, “I’ve been pretty public by saying whatever happened with LIV or happened in the golf ecosystem before I got here, there was some good that came of it in that it maybe exposed some weaknesses in the PGA TOUR and our model, but this work was never about that.
“This work was about, whether LIV existed or not, for all the reasons I talked about, in this competitive landscape we operate in, how do you actually make the PGA Tour the best version of itself? Because if you’re not changing and getting better, you can’t expect to improve. That’s what the marketplace necessitates.
“This was never about any competition. It was more about how do we compete successfully in a really competitive world where there are a million things for people’s time and attention?
“We’re really interested in serving PGA Tour fans, but we’re really interested in growing the fan base and to people who have never experienced the PGA Tour. We want to make the sport and the Tour much more accessible, and we think these are the changes that will do that.”
Again, this must have been music to the ears of the players looking to make a return. It seems increasingly possible that we’ll see some of them back sooner rather than later.
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