In yet another bitter blow to any breakaway tour and fellow four-time Major-winning Brooks Koepka has joined Rory McIlroy declaring ‘No’ to joining the Premier Golf League (PGL)

Koepka revealed he met with PGL officials last month during the hosting of the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational in L.A.

The PGL, and with Saudi financial backing, is proposing an elite tour of 48 players forming into 12 four-man teams and competing in 12 tournaments and a prize purse of $US10m an event.

Present and past World No.1 Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka united now in saying ‘No’ to joining any breakaway tour

And now like McIlroy, no amount of money will also sway Koepka from breaking ranks.

He said:  “I am out of the PGL. I’m going with the PGA Tour.   I have a hard time believing golf should be about just 48 players.

“I get that the stars are what people come to see but these guys who we see win, who have been grinding for 10 or 15 years, that’s what makes the cool stories.

“I’d have a hard time looking at those guys and now talk of putting them out of a job.”

And in declaring that Koepka reminded PGL the path he plied in getting to World No. 1 and that involved competing for two years (2012-13) on the secondary European Challenge Tour before securing a full Tour card for 2014 in winning the 2013 Scottish Hydro Challenge and what was the American’s third victory that year.

Koepka said:  “I don’t forget where I’ve come from.

“There are guys from that top 125 who could be the next star.”