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Ryder Cup star Harris English claimed “the dominoes are starting to fall” after Patrick Reed followed Brooks Koepka in quitting LIV Golf to return to the PGA Tour. And the Saudi-backed league is now facing a crisis before the start of their new season in Riyadh next week.

Five-time Major winner Koepka insisted he was leaving for family reasons before he tees up for his second PGA Tour debut at the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday.

But 2018 Masters winner Reed failed to agree a new contract for this season after joining in 2022 - and will now play for the next six months on the DP World Tour.

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He will be allowed to return to the PGA Tour in August - a year after his last appearance on LIV Golf. He is playing the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championships this week after winning the Hero Dubai Desert Classic.

Speaking at Torrey Pines, world No.11 English said: “The dominoes are starting to fall of those guys on the LIV Tour are not that happy out there and the grass is not greener on the other side. They're seeing the PGA TOUR getting stronger and having more success, and kind of seeing that money's not the end all, be all. Like that doesn't fulfill them. It doesn't fulfill me.

"They're still competitors, they're competitive people and they love playing in the biggest events against the best players in the world. For me, that's out here on the PGA TOUR and I think they're starting to realize that, that that's what fulfills them.”

US Open winner JJ Spaun added: “Yeah, I think people want to be on the PGA TOUR. It's the best Tour in the world, the most competitive Tour. I think Patrick will be a good asset to this Tour and I think it just speaks volumes to where the Tour's headed.

"I think to add even more competition for us that have been here while they left, and, you know, adding Brooks and Patrick now, it's just strengthening our Tour, which I think is great.”

Even Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, who only joined the PGA Tour in 2023 after turning down LIV Golf, said: “I think everyone's going to make the best decision for their personal career. When it was an option for me, I didn't like it. It wasn't anything that I wanted to be a part of, so naturally for me in my position that wasn't going to be the case. And yeah, absolutely, you know, guys are doing it -- if you're doing it the right way and you want to come back, I have no problem.”

The new LIV Golf season will see events played over 72 holes and they are hoping to be awarded Official World Golf Ranking points. The new season will also be covered live in the UK by TNT Sports.

But the loss of further big names - Bryson DeChambeau is out of contract at the end of the 2026 season - would do further to LIV Golf’s appeal.

Golf Channel pundit and arch LIV critic Brandel Chamblee wrote on X: “LIV may have disrupted golf, but players leaving LIV is a tacit admission that the fans knew exactly what they WEREN’T talking about. LIV events have no drama, no meaning, no depth, team events that felt artificial and broadcasts that felt bought that never crescendoed.”