Brooks Koepka 'quitting PGA Tour for Saudi backed LIV Golf' despite past remarks

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The Telegraph report that Koepka will be announced as a new member before the next event at Pumpkin Ridge in Portland, Oregon next week.

The four-time major winner has earned £30.8million in career prize money according to the PGA Tour website.Prior to the opening LIV Golf Series event in London earlier this month, the PGA Tour banned all players that have signed up to compete in the new tour.READ MORE: Fans amazed Tiger Woods can still play golf after rare photo shows gruesome leg injuriesKoepka, whose brother Chase has already joined the series, is now set to be the latest name to join the tour.

He has four majors to his name, having won both the US Open and PGA Championship on two occasions.However, his decision comes after he effectively called Phil Mickelson "greedy" back in February for his involvement in the LIV Golf Series.Mickelson had criticised the PGA Tour's control of media rights, explaining, via the Daily Mail: “They [PGA Tour] also charge companies to use shots I have hit."And when I did 'The Match' — there have been five of them — the tour forced me to pay them $1 million each time.

For my own media rights. That type of greed is, to me, beyond obnoxious.”Who will win next week's LIV Golf Series event? Let us know in the comments section below.Koepka later replied to the quotes on Instagram, commenting: “I don't know if I'd be using the word greedy if I'm Phil.” Ahead of last weekend's US Open at Brookline, Koepka brushed off discussion of the LIV Golf Series when speaking to the media."I don't understand," explained the 32-year-old. "I'm trying to focus on the U.S.