Brooks Koepka is officially stepping away from LIV Golf in 2025.

"Brooks is prioritizing the needs of his family and staying closer to home," the statement read.

And Talor Gooch is set to take over as captain of Smash GC ahead of the 2026 season. Ahead of the 2026 LIV Golf season, here is a look back at their careers and earnings.

How has Brooks Koepka fared in his career so far?

Koepka recorded five individual wins on LIV Golf, becoming the first player in the league to reach that mark.

His first LIV win came in 2022 at the LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah in October. Next year, 2023, Koepka won LIV events in Orlando and Jeddah. In 2024, Koepka added two more LIV Golf wins at Singapore and The Greenbrier, defeating Jon Rahm in a playoff at the latter event.

 Koepka is the first golfer to win a major while under contract with LIV Golf by winning the 2023 PGA Championship.

Koepka earned $46,065,848 during his four-year spell on LIV Golf, $72,15,994 on the PGA Tour,  and $5,855,933 from major championships, totaling $53,281,842.

How has Talor Gooch fared so far?

Talor Gooch joined LIV Golf in the summer of 2022 as part of Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces GC. He recorded top-10 finishes in each of his first four events that season. In 2023, after moving to RangeGoats GC, he won three LIV Golf events and finished the year as the LIV Golf Individual Champion. 

In 2024, Gooch moved again following a trade for Matthew Wolff and competed for Smash GC, recording four top-10 finishes and placing 10th in the final ranking.  Gooch has one PGA Tour victory  2021 RSM Classic, and four LIV Golf wins.

Gooch has accumulated $8,552,954 in PGA Tour earnings, $63,875,736 from LIV Golf, and $724,362 from major championships, totaling $73,153,052 as of Dec 24, according to Sportrac.

Written by

Aditi Singh

Edited by

Siddharth Shirwadkar