PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Brooks Koepka on Wednesday dropped a serious hint that he wants back on the PGA Tour once his LIV Golf contract is up.

The five-time major championship winner responded for the first time publicly about comments Fred Couples made recently about Koepka’s desire to leave LIV Golf and return to the PGA Tour.

Brooks Koepka currently plays for the LIV Golf circuit after departing the PGA Tour in 2022. Getty Images for The Showdown

Koepka, speaking to reporters in advance of this week’s LIV event in Singapore, left the door more than ajar to the possibility.

Couples made news and ruffled some feathers when he told a radio show that Koepka “wants to come back [to the PGA Tour],’’ adding, “I will say that I believe he really wants to come back and play the Tour.”

The five-time major champion is the captain of LIV’s Smash GC team. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

Koepka, who seems to revel in his role as a contrarian and being intentionally ambiguous — he’s the only LIV player who doesn’t wear a LIV team logo on his apparel — said, “I’ve got a contract obligation out here to fulfill [at LIV], and then we’ll see what happens.’’

That was hardly a strong endorsement for the Saudi-backed tour, which paid him a reported $100 million to join in 2022. LIV doesn’t divulge details of its contracts, so it’s not known when Koepka’s contract expires, but it’s believed to run through 2026.

“Everybody seems to have their own opinion, and no one asks me,” Koepka said in responding to Couples’ comments.

Fred Couples stirred buzz in March 2025 over comments made about Brooks Koepka’s future. Getty Images

“I don’t know where I’m going, so I don’t know how everybody else does. Right now, I’m just focused on how do I play better? How do I play better in the majors? How does this team win? And then we’ll figure out next year and how to play better again. Everybody else seems to know more than I do.”

Koepka confirmed on Wednesday that he does talk to Couples often, and Couples even texted Koepka after his comments went public last week.

“Yeah, Fred texted me after, I guess, the comments came out,’’ he said. “I talked to Fred quite a bit, but we don’t go too much into detail about what’s going on.”

“I talk to Brooks Koepka all the time,” Couples said at the time. “I love Brooks Koepka. And, I’m not going to say anything extra except I talk to him all the time … and he wants to come back, I will say that. I believe he really wants to come back and play the [PGA] Tour.”

Brooks Koepka is the first-ever LIV Golf player to win a major championship. He was the victor of the 2023 PGA Championship. Getty Images

Couples’ comments spurred Phil Mickelson, a fellow LIV Golf member, to rip Couples with a social media message that he later deleted: “If it’s not true he damaged a relationship which he cares about. If it is true he took away Brook’s [sic] control of the timeline and narrative. Either way this is a low-class jerk move by Fred.”