Brooks Koepka set to quit PGA Tour and join LIV Golf series

The Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf series is about to get a new member.

The four-time major champion is expected to play in the second 54-hole tournament in Portland, Oregon.

The four Americans will compete in a new series of eight events.

Seventeen members of the PGA Tour were suspended for playing in a tournament.

While speaking at the US Open, where he finished 55th on 12 over, he complained that questions over the LIV event were throwing a black cloud over the major.

The former world number one won both the US Open and the US PGA Championship in the same year.

Although he rose to the top of the game at that time, he has been hampered by injuries in recent years and is currently ranked 19th in the world.

The opening tournament of the LIV series was held at the Centurion Club on the outskirts of London and was won by South Africa's Schwartzel.

The two-time major champion denied that he was also going to join the golf club.

"To state for the record, once again, you are all completely wrong," the American said.

Since February at Riviera, I have said that I'm here to stay on the tour.

The first LIV Golf event is being funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and the PGA Tour wouldn't allow waivers to play in it.

Greg Norman believes that the series has a compelling case to be allowed to award world ranking points.