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January 29, 2026
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PGA Tour Live Blog: Brooks Koepka Returns at 2026 Farmers Insurance Open

Blogging with the Boys during the first round at Torrey Pines 

Brooks Koepka PGA Tour
Brooks Koepka PGA Tour

Welcome to the first installment of PGA Tour Live Blogs. PGA Tour Live is a tremendous product for golf fans. The telecast tends to function like a highlight reel, showcasing the best (and sometimes worst) shots of the day. PGA Tour Live offers viewers the chance to experience rounds of professional golf the way they’re actually unfolding – the ebbs and flows, the action and the silence, the eventful and the uneventful. The telecast is like logging onto Instagram. PGA Tour Live feels closer to real life. Is that melodramatic? Overly-analytical? Who cares. 

PJ Clark and I both watch a shameful amount of PGA Tour Live, and we figured this week’s Farmers Insurance Open presents an opportune time to try out a live blog. During Thursday rounds, we often text each other amusements and observations from watching hours of coverage. Today, we’re peeling back the curtain and tossing our thoughts right here instead. 

Brooks Koepka – PJ’s favorite golfer for reasons that remain unclear to me –  makes his highly-anticipated return to PGA Tour action via the Returning Member Program since departing LIV Golf. He tees off at 12:32 p.m. ET. We’ll be glued to our screens, and we hope you’ll join us. Until then, check out some of his career highlights and read up on some of our recent coverage.

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Joseph LaMagna

I grew up playing golf competitively and caddied for ten years. I've also always enjoyed - usually responsibly - betting on sports. These worlds collided when I went to college, where I spent an absurd amount of time watching PGA Tour Live and building models to predict golf.

When I heard Andy on a podcast for the first time, I immediately knew I'd found a voice I wanted to follow. The intersection between design and strategy captivated me, and I've consumed just about every piece of Fried Egg Golf content since then. While I was finishing up my studies at UT-Austin, I worked for 15th Club (now 21st Club), a company that does data consulting for professional golfers. Upon graduation, I started Optimal Approach Golf, which provides data and strategy recommendations to professional and high-level amateur golfers. I've been full-time with Fried Egg Golf since January of 2024.

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