PGA Tour players weigh in on LIV Golf members' return

Multiple representatives for LIV Golf members have reached out to the PGA Tour about a possible return amid LIV's uncertain future, as Golf Digest reported this week. How, exactly, that transition facilitated is a tricky proposition, and as several tour players articulated Thursday at the Cadillac Championship, one they don't necessarily have the answers for.

"I'm not sure if it should be the same for everyone. I know olive branches were given out a couple months ago. Brooks took 'em up on it. So I'm not sure what would now change," Jordan Spieth said. "And I don't even know — that doesn't necessarily mean that LIV's not going to still move on, too. There's just too many unknowns for me to have a good gauge on what would happen there. But if there's a system for Brooks and a system for Patrick Reed, does that stay the same for guys in the same category as those two coming back, or does it change now? Does it change for guys who sued and dropped their membership? There's just a lot of different things that happened over the last four years. I'm kind of glad I'm not in that room, and I trust the guys that are in that room to make the right decision."

Added former Open champ Brian Harman: "There's been guys that are going to come back. I can't speak individually to each of them. Seems like they're treating them all on a case-by-case basis. I would think that the fans want everyone to be playing together, and time heals all wounds. There's still some sentiment out here, especially with all the lawsuit stuff — that stuff's going to be tough to get past. We play with all those guys in the majors, so, yeah, I think there should be a path back."RELATED: LIV Golf is dying. It's damage is permanent

As Golf Digest noted, there will likely not be a general pathway for those fleeing the Saudi circuit. Instead, returns will be broken down into categories. As Spieth and Harman alluded, hard feelings remain toward the 11 golfers who sued the PGA Tour — most notably Bryson DeChambeau, Ian Poulter, Talor Gooch and Phil Mickelson — and they will likely face tough discipline. Moreover, the major exemption Koepka received, which had also been offered to DeChambeau, Jon Rahm and Cam Smith, is no more. The Athletic reported last month that DeChambeau's agent reached out to the tour to see DeChambeau's options, as the two-time U.S. Open winner is about to become a free agent.