Less is more? Why LIV Golf is actually golf’s most exhausting schedule

Brooks Koepka and other LIV stars claimed they’d have more time at home. But a look at the LIV Golf 2026 schedule shows a punishing travel routine that dwarfs a typical PGA Tour season.

Many LIV Golf players have claimed that one of the main reasons for switching from the PGA Tour was the chance to spend more time at home. With fewer events, shotgun starts, and just three rounds per tournament, it sounded like a recipe for more family dinners and fewer hotel rooms. But the reality has quickly shifted.

The 2026 LIV Golf schedule adds South Africa to an already sprawling list of stops in Australia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, and the UK – meaning LIV players will actually be spending more time in airports than ever.

To work out exactly how much, I’ve looked at one of LIV’s biggest stars: Brooks Koepka. Koepka was one of LIV’s early adopters, joining from the PGA Tour in June 2022 and becoming the first man to win five LIV titles. He was also the first to win a major while an active LIV Golf player, thanks to victory at the 2023 PGA Championship.

One of his motivations for making the switch was money – “I signed for the dough,” he said – and that’s paid off. Koepka has made more than $40 million on LIV in just three years.

But his other reason for jumping ship was being able to spend more time at home.

“You’re not doing a month on the road anymore,” he said. “You know, life does go on when we’re not playing golf. And there’s some things we miss at home – friends, family, a lot of birthdays. It would just be nice to be home a little bit more.”

On that front, the move looks less like a clear-cut success. With LIV spreading itself further and further across the globe, let’s look at how Koepka’s 2026 is shaping up.

To do so, we’ve made some reasonable assumptions:

1. That he’ll go home to Florida only when he has a week off, and travel direct from one tournament to the next when they’re back-to-back. The only exception is between the Masters and LIV Golf Mexico: they’re in consecutive weeks, but Koepka is almost certain to pop home on his way from Augusta to Mexico City. He could drive, but that takes around eight hours, so a flight looks more likely.
2. That he’ll play all 14 LIV events he’s contracted to, plus all four majors, and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – an event he calls “the highlight of my year”.

So, without further ado, fasten your seatbelts and let’s spend a year in the shoes – and departure lounges – of Brooks Koepka.

LIV Golf’s frequent flyer program

Here’s what a season on LIV will entail.

1. Florida → Riyadh
   Flight time: 15.5 hrs
   Miles: 7,500

• Play: LIV Golf Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb 5-7

2. Riyadh → Adelaide
   Flight time: 15 hrs
   Miles: 7,300

• Play: LIV Golf Adelaide, Australia, Feb 12-14

3. Adelaide → Florida
   Flight time: 21 hrs
   Miles: 10,000

• Time at home

4. Florida → Hong Kong
   Flight time: 21 hrs
   Miles: 9,000

• Play: LIV Golf Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Mar 6-8

5. Hong Kong → Singapore
   Flight time: 4 hrs
   Miles: 1,600

• Play: LIV Golf Singapore, Singapore, Mar 13-15

6. Singapore → South Africa
   Flight time: 11 hrs
   Miles: 5,500

• Play: LIV Golf South Africa, South Africa, Mar 20-22

7. South Africa → Florida
   Flight time: 19 hrs
   Miles: 8,000

• Time at home

8. Florida → Augusta
   Flight time: 1.5 hrs
   Miles: 560

• Play: The Masters, Georgia, Apr 9-12

9. Augusta → Florida
   Flight time: 1.5 hrs
   Miles: 560

• Short stop at home

10. Florida → Mexico City
    Flight time: 3.5 hrs
    Miles: 1,260

• Play: LIV Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Apr 17-19

11. Mexico City → Florida
    Flight time: 3.5 hrs
    Miles: 1,260

• Time at home

12. Florida → Washington DC
    Flight time: 2 hrs
    Miles: 1,000

• Play: LIV Golf Virginia, May 8-10

Drive from Virginia to Philadelphia – 2.5 hours, 150 miles

• Play: PGA Championship, Aronimink Golf Club, May 14-17

13. Philadelphia → Florida
    Flight time: 2.5 hrs
    Miles: 1,000

• Time at home

14. Florida → South Korea
    Flight time: 18 hrs
    Miles: 7,800

• Play: LIV Golf South Korea, South Korea, May 29-31

15. South Korea → Spain
    Flight time: 14 hrs
    Miles: 6,300

• Play: LIV Golf Andalucia, Spain, Jun 5-7

16. Spain → Florida
    Flight time: 9 hrs
    Miles: 4,400

• Time at home

17. Florida → New York
    Flight time: 2.5 hrs
    Miles: 1,100

• Play: US Open, Shinnecock Hills, Jun 18-21

18. New York → New Orleans
    Flight time: 3 hrs
    Miles: 1,200

• Play: LIV Golf New Orleans, New Orleans, Jun 26-28

19. New Orleans → Florida
    Flight time: 1.5 hrs
    Miles: 665

• Time at home

20. Florida → England
    Flight time: 8.5 hrs
    Miles: 4,300

• Play: The Open, Royal Birkdale, Jul 16-19
• Play: LIV Golf UK, Jul 24-26

21. England → Florida
    Flight time: 8.5 hrs
    Miles: 4,300

• Time at home

22. Florida → Chicago
    Flight time: 3 hrs
    Miles: 1,200

• Play: LIV Golf Chicago, Chicago, Aug 7-9

23. Chicago → Florida
    Flight time: 3 hrs
    Miles: 1,200

• Time at home

24. Florida → Indianapolis
    Flight time: 2 hrs
    Miles: 1,000

• Play: LIV Golf Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Aug 21-23

Drive from Indianapolis to Michigan

• Play: LIV Golf Michigan, Michigan, Aug 28-30

25. Michigan → Florida
    Time: 2.5 hrs
    Miles: 1,200

• Time at home

26. Florida → Scotland
    Time: 11 hrs
    Miles: 4,300

• Play: Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Scotland, Sep/Oct

27. Scotland → Florida
    Time: 11 hrs
    Miles: 4,300

And rest.

Once you add it all up, Brooks is looking at a minimum of 27 flights, 218-and-a-half hours in the air, and 102,105 airmiles.

That’s more than nine days spent at 35,000 feet and far enough to circle the Earth four times.

And these numbers are conservative. He’s likely to go home for short stints a lot more often than I’ve included above, particularly as LIV events don’t start until the Friday.

Before you dust off your violin, obviously he’ll be flying private or, at worst, first class, but still – it’s a lot.

How does the PGA Tour travel schedule compare?

To put this into perspective, a typical PGA Tour player’s schedule is significantly less punishing. Even someone playing a full schedule of 20 to 25 events – including all four majors, The Players Championship, and the West Coast swing – would log somewhere in the region of 90 hours in the air and around 37,000 miles flown over an entire season.

That’s less than half the flight time and nearly a third of the total miles Koepka is racking up on LIV – despite playing almost twice as many events.

That’s because a US-based PGA Tour player can build a schedule that rarely leaves the continent. They might fly to Hawaii or the UK once or twice a year, but otherwise they’re hopping around domestic airports – three-hour flights to Phoenix, San Diego, Chicago, New York. By comparison, Koepka’s year now includes multiple 15- to 20-hour hauls to Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South Africa, and Europe – sometimes back-to-back.

The LIV Golf travel schedule makes even a globetrotting PGA Tour pro look like a homebody.

LIV Golf:

• 218.5 hours
• 102,105 miles

PGA Tour:

• 90 hours
• 37,000 miles

It’s no wonder Koepka has hinted he might eventually want to return to the PGA Tour – or at least play more US-based events.

For all LIV’s talk about a lighter schedule, the reality is that being part of a globe-trotting series makes it almost impossible to avoid racking up a staggering number of air miles.

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