Despite the rivalry between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf company, the PGA Tour has decided to allow superstar Brooks Koepka to return after previously banning anyone who jumped ship. This isn't sitting completely well with one PGA Tour star who stayed loyal.

Appearing on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, 2023 U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark took some issue with Koepka getting a free pass to return after the PGA Tour spent years threatening anyone who dared leave. He said that he would have liked the chance to join LIV and make "a boatload of money" to then come back and play on the Tour like Koepka now can.

"I personally really like Brooks, and I think it's ultimately really good for the PGA Tour," Clark said. "But also a guy that had an opportunity to go to LIV, it's kind of frustrating that he's able to get the cake and also eat it.

"And if you would have told me that I could have gone for a year-and-a-half, make a boatload of money and then be able to come back, play on the Tour, I think almost everyone would have done that."

Wyndham Clark expressed his conflicted feelings over Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour.

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Golf fans were a bit mixed in their response to Clark's critique of the PGA Tour and Koepka's return. Some feel he has a legitimate gripe after staying loyal while others dismissed him as being salty:

"Wyndham should sit this one out and worry about winning tournaments and making some bank," one user said dismissively.

"Wyndham Clark is getting a lot of vitriol spewed at him for a very honest response to Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGAT. Fact is people hate on people for the dumbest things so look after yourself & stop pretending businesses give a damn about anything except making more money," wrote another.

"I would trade Wyndham Clark to LIV for literally anyone on the PGA. This guy is the worst," a third wrote.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 18: Wyndham Clark of the United States poses with the trophy after securing victory in the final round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club on June 18, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Richard Heathcote/Getty Images (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

When LIV Golf first formed, the ultra-wealthy organizers gave out eight- and nine-digit contracts to golfers willing to jump ship like hotcakes. Many golfers took them up on the offer, such as Koepka, Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and others.

But now it seems that the PGA Tour is ready to welcome the "mutineers" back with open arms.

This story was originally published by The Spun on Jan 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the Golf section. Add The Spun as a Preferred Source by clicking here.