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Two-time Ryder Cup player Ludvig Aberg withdrew from The American Express on Saturday with an illness, the fourth player to withdraw this week from the first PGA Tour stop on the mainland.

Thomas Detry of Belgium is joining LIV Golf for 2026, the fifth year for the Saudi-funded league that is increasing its total purse to $30 million and got statements from Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm that they're not about to leave.

Brooks Koepka is returning to the PGA Tour just five weeks after bolting from LIV Golf, agreeing to a one-time program for elite players that comes with a financial penalty that could rank among the largest in sports.