Brooks Koepka Joins TGL's Motor City Golf Club for 2027

By Staff Writer

August 28, 2026

2 min read

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Key takeaways

Brooks Koepka has signed as the first player for TGL's Motor City Golf Club, the league's seventh expansion franchise.
The Detroit-branded team will play every 2027 match at the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, not in Detroit.
Koepka paid a $5 million sanction fee and forfeited his 25 percent equity stake in LIV Golf's Smash GC to regain PGA Tour standing and TGL eligibility.
He finished 94th in the 2026 FedExCup points standings and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Motor City Golf Club debuts in TGL's second season, which begins in January 2027.

Brooks Koepka has signed as the first player for Motor City Golf Club, a new Detroit-branded franchise joining TGL's 2027 season, TMRW Sports confirmed. The five-time major champion becomes the league's seventh expansion signing, giving the ownership group a name recognized well beyond golf.

Who owns Motor City Golf Club?

The franchise is led by an ownership group that includes Detroit Lions principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp, investor Rob Walton and Middle West Partners. Motor City Golf Club is the seventh team added to TGL, the arena golf league founded by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley in partnership with the PGA Tour.

Why won't Motor City Golf Club play in Detroit?

Despite the branding, the team will never appear in Michigan. Every TGL match is staged inside the SoFi Center, a 250,000-square-foot arena in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, built around a 64-foot simulator screen, rotating green complexes and automated bunkers. Because that infrastructure exists in a single location, TGL does not use the home-and-away scheduling of traditional leagues, and Detroit fans will experience the team only through merchandise and local watch parties.

Motor City Golf Club can sell Detroit merchandise, but it can't sell a home game in Detroit.

What did it cost Koepka to become eligible?

TGL is restricted to active PGA Tour members, which for years excluded Koepka during his four seasons on LIV Golf. He regained his tour card in February through the PGA Tour's Returning Member Program, a process that required a $5 million sanction fee and the forfeiture of his 25 percent equity stake in LIV team Smash GC.

The signing also gives Koepka a fresh commercial platform after an uneven return to the PGA Tour. His best result of 2026 was a tie for eighth at the PGA Championship, but he missed the cut at the Wyndham Championship and finished 94th in the FedExCup points standings, short of qualifying for the playoffs at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship.