Former LIV golfer Eugenio Chacarra given PGA Tour event exemption

Field Level Media
26 Feb 2026, 03:49 GMT+10

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After last playing in a LIV Golf tournament in 2024, Eugenio Chacarra of Spain will compete on the PGA Tour when he appears at the Puerto Rico Open next week on a sponsor's exemption.

Chacarra, 25, signed with LIV when it launched in 2022. After the 2024 season, though, he did not qualify to return to the Saudi Arabia-backed tour and a free-agent deal to return was not reached.

The Oklahoma State alum was given a sponsor's exemption into the Hero Indian Open on the DP World Tour last year and won the event to earn full status in Europe. He said his ultimate goal now is to earn full status on the PGA Tour.

'Obviously LIV didn't exist when I was little,' Chacarra said. 'I grew up watching the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, and that's what I dream of playing and winning, and that's what my heart and my ambition was, so we thought it was the best for me to move forward and try to get on the PGA Tour.'

Chacarra's only appearance on the PGA Tour was in the co-sanctioned Scottish Open.

Brooks Koepka left LIV Golf and returned to the PGA Tour this year through a newly created Returning Player Program. He qualified for the program as a recent major winner. Patrick Reed has also departed LIV and will return to the PGA Tour this summer.

Koepka has played in two events since returning and is entered in this week's Cognizant Classic.

--Field Level Media

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