It’s been nearly three months since Patrick Reed announced he would leave LIV Golf, and the 2018 Masters champion has now explained why.
Just before the 2026 LIV season, Reed confirmed he wouldn’t return, instead setting his sights on a comeback to the PGA Tour. Due to his LIV ties, he remains suspended until August, so he’s currently competing on the DP World Tour.
The turning point came in January, when Reed won the Hero Dubai Desert Classic. That week, he says, reminded him of what he’d been missing.
“When you’re the last guy on the tee, chasing a leaderboard where someone is five-under through eight — that feeling, that pressure — I wanted that back,” Reed said at Augusta National Golf Club.
“It’s not just you against yourself. It’s you against everyone else. That adrenaline — I missed it.”
Reed spent four seasons with LIV, playing alongside Dustin Johnson on the 4Aces, and says he still values that time. But competitively, he believes the PGA Tour offers something different.
“The best players and the deepest fields are on the PGA Tour,” he said. “That’s where I want to be, competing week in and week out.”
While his suspension runs until August, Reed is expected to return earlier via the co-sanctioned Genesis Scottish Open in July — marking his first PGA Tour start in four years.