PGA Tour CEO Discusses Potential Returns for LIV Golf Players amid Funding Rumors

The PGA Tour saw plenty of golfers leave for LIV Golf, but CEO Brian Rolapp said the Tour is willing to consider bringing back players interested in rejoining.

Rolapp said on The Pat McAfee Show that the PGA Tour will "respect" the LIV Golf contracts amid funding rumors.

"Listen, we're reading all the same headlines you're reading," Rolapp said. "We don't know what's going on over there. We know those guys are under contract. We'll respect that."

He also said that he's "interested in whatever makes the PGA Tour better," while discussing the return of Brooks Koepka, who left LIV Golf before the season and returned to the PGA Tour in January under the returning member program.

"Brooks came back on to the tour because he made a phone call and said, 'Look, I'm out of my contract, I'm ready to come back,' so we're thinking about it," Rolapp told McAfee. "We'll react when we have an opportunity to react, but right now, we're focused on making the PGA Tour better.

"But listen, I've said it publicly and I'll say it again: I'm interested in whatever makes the PGA Tour better. That's what my job is. That's what I'm interested in doing. That has no limit. That's how I'll focus on it."

Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, also left LIV Golf before the season and will be eligible to return to the PGA Tour in August.