Billy Horschel predicts more LIV Golfers like Brooks Koepka to return to PGA Tour

Billy Horschel recently predicted that more LIV Golf professionals would follow Brooks Koepka's footsteps of leaving the breakaway league. He also added that the PGA Tour needed to figure out how to bring Koepka back.

Last week, Brooks Koepka shocked the golf world after he announced his exit from LIV Golf in an official joint statement. The five-time major champion had cited family reasons for leaving the LIV Golf after four full seasons.

On Sunday, December 28, Billy Horschel said Koepka's exit was not very shocking to him.

"And it may continue with guys over the next handful of years if the contracts that they expect isn't there, and they're like, 'Listen, I made my money I want to go back to the PGA Tour and compete for real championships and a little bit more meaning in golf than just the financial side,'" he said as per Golfweek.

Billy Horschel has also shifted from his previous stance of penalizing players who return from LIV Golf to the PGA Tour.

"At the very beginning, I think I was on the side of, there needs to be some punishment for these guys," he continued. "And now I'm on the side that I think for the betterment of the game, for the quality of the PGA Tour product to continue to grow. Selfishly, having equity stake in the PGA Tour now, bringing Brooks back, that does add value. So I think there needs to be a process to figure out what [brings] these guys back." "I've always thought that the guys that went to LIV would come back to the PGA Tour at some point for a sole fact that the salaries, the PIF, LIV, they've spent billions of dollars and they're not getting any return on their money. "They're not going to keep signing these guys for the big contracts if the value for LIV doesn't improve," he added.

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What's next for Billy Horschel and Brooks Koepka?

Billy Horschel is currently in action in the tech-infused TGL and representing the Atlanta Drive GC. The star golfer competed on Sunday and earned two points for his team in a thrilling 6-4 win against the New York Golf Club. Horschel and Team Atlanta will be back in action on January 7 against the Bay Golf Club.

Speaking of Koepka, while the star golfer is now out of LIV, his next move is yet to be announced. As per current rules, the 35-year-old is banned from rejoining the PGA Tour and will have to wait until August next year.

However, Koepka still holds a DP World Tour membership and can compete in more events there. His last start was at the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, where he tied for 15th.

Edited by Shobhit Kukreti