Patrick Reed intends to rejoin the PGA Tour from LIV Golf in August.

Former Masters champion Patrick Reed has announced his departure from the LIV Golf league and intends to return to the PGA Tour later this season, as confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.

Reed, who secured his only major title at the 2018 Masters, left the PGA Tour shortly after joining the Saudi Arabian-backed circuit in June 2022.

“I cherished my time on LIV,” Reed stated to ESPN. “I transformed as a person due to the relationships I’ve built with fellow players. Family is my top priority, and playing closer to them is what truly matters. I can’t reclaim lost time.”

Sources indicate that Reed will be eligible to rejoin the PGA Tour on August 25, nearly a year after his last appearance in a LIV Golf event. This timing would allow Reed to participate in FedEx Cup Fall events.

As a non-member, Reed will seek entry into FedEx Cup Fall tournaments this season via open qualifiers and sponsor exemptions.

Reed has requested the reinstatement of his PGA Tour membership for the 2027 season as a past champion. He can enhance his status for the upcoming season by winning a tournament this fall or finishing among the top 10 in the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai, where he currently ranks No. 2 in points.

“I always envisioned returning to the PGA Tour,” Reed remarked. “I understand I must earn my way back, and I’m comfortable with that.”

As part of Reed’s agreement to return, he will relinquish player equity in PGA Tour Enterprises until 2030.

Reed will be eligible for a captain’s pick for the 2026 U.S. Presidents Cup team.

In a memo distributed to PGA Tour members on Wednesday, chief competitions officer Tyler Dennis and chief player officer Jason Gore stated, “We remain dedicated to strengthening the PGA Tour, serving our fans, and welcoming back players who wish to return through a consistent, policy-based process. We aim to ensure fairness to our current members while upholding competitive integrity and transparency in how we apply the Regulations and non-member policies to former PGA Tour members seeking reinstatement—and to clarify, reinstatement terms are not negotiated or modified on a player-by-player basis.”

Following Reed’s four-stroke victory at the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday, he disclosed that he had not yet finalized his contract with LIV Golf and was currently a free agent.

“After winning, I realized how much I missed the grind and the competition; that’s who I am,” Reed expressed.

The 35-year-old is set to compete in this week’s Bahrain Championship on the DP World Tour, where he made 10 appearances in 2025. He is also active on the Asian Tour.

Ranked 29th in the Official World Golf Ranking, Reed is virtually guaranteed starts in the four majors; he holds a lifetime exemption to participate in the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.

LIV Golf announced on January 14 that two-time major champion Dustin Johnson had signed a multi-year contract extension and indicated that Reed would be rejoining the 4Aces, alongside Johnson, Thomas Detry, and Thomas Pieters.

This is no longer the case, and it remains unclear who will take Reed’s place on the 4Aces.

LIV Golf’s season is set to commence on February 4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Reed is the second LIV Golf player to return to the PGA Tour in the last three weeks.

On January 12, five-time major champion Brooks Koepka returned through a new Returning Member Program, which is available only to golfers who have won one of the four majors or the Players Championship since 2022.

“I think it reflects more on Brooks than anything else,” reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy remarked to reporters after Monday night’s TGL match. “He is clearly a very competitive individual and desires to compete at the highest level. He seems to have concluded that competing at the highest level meant returning to the PGA Tour.”

“You’ve seen others express similar sentiments recently. Patrick Reed mentioned it in Dubai last week. It appears that some of those players are beginning to realize they are not achieving everything they hoped for by going over there, which is certainly a positive development for the PGA Tour.”

Koepka will make his first appearance at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California.

LIV Golf team captains Bryson DeChambeau (2024 U.S. Open), Jon Rahm (2023 Masters), and Cameron Smith (2022 Players Championship, Open Championship) are other LIV golfers eligible to return under specific conditions, but they have stated they will not be leaving this season.

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp mentioned that the window for LIV golfers to apply for reinstatement under the program closes on February 2.

In the memo sent to PGA Tour members by Dennis and Gore, they noted that three former LIV golfers—Kevin Na, Pat Perez, and Hudson Swafford—have reinstated their tour memberships but are facing outstanding disciplinary violations.

Perez and Swafford are eligible to return on January 1; Dennis and Gore indicated that further information regarding Na’s return would be provided at a later date.

“Reflecting on a couple of years ago, consider how fiercely competitive it was with LIV and how there was a time when we questioned whether our tour’s future was secure,” Maverick McNealy, a member of the tour’s Player Advisory Council, told ESPN.

“I believe we are all genuinely excited that now, this truly feels like the premier venue for playing the highest level of golf. I think that’s what has transpired over the past few weeks. So more than anything, I think individual decisions aside, the players as a whole are just really enthusiastic about the strength and trajectory of the tour.”