SAN DIEGO — Torrey Pines Golf Course looked plenty familiar to Brooks Koepka.
The PGA Tour? Not so much.
Koepka was playing the back nine on the South Course of the famed municipal in San Diego’s La Jolla community this week, when the five-time major champion became a footnote in PGA Tour history as the first member to defect to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League and then be allowed to come back to the U.S.-based circuit.
He was asking about the two paths for players to get into the PGA Tour’s $20 million signature events.
“Man, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do,” he said, not even taking into account all the changes still in the works on a new schedule.