Brooks Koepka said his equipment deal with Dunlop Sports Americas has ended, leaving the five-time major champion once again searching for the right setup as he tries to rebuild his place in golf. He opened the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Thursday with a 68 and stood tied for 12th after the first round.
Koepka said he was a free agent in equipment and wanted to get back to where he was in 2017 and around 2021, when he last worked without a long-term deal. He said the change was fresh enough that he had not given it much thought yet, but the timing matters because he needs results now, not later. As of May 7, 2026, he was 127th in the world golf ranking, and the Myrtle Beach event was his ninth start in 2026.
That round also fit a broader effort to rebuild momentum after a mixed run this season. Koepka has a tie for ninth at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, a tie for 12th at the Masters, a tie for 13th at the Players and a tie for 18th at the Valspar, but he and Shane Lowry missed the cut at the Zurich Classic two weeks before this article. He also had hoped to get into the RBC Heritage and the Cadillac Championship as an alternate over the previous two weeks, but that did not happen.
The equipment issue is more complicated than a simple search for a new sponsor. Koepka said that over the last few years there have been no equipment trucks and no anything, a reference to how LIV Golf operates a communal trailer for U.S.-based tournaments. That trailer carries options from Titleist, PING, Callaway, TaylorMade, Cleveland, Srixon, Bridgestone, Miura, Cobra and LA Golf, a setup that can make it easier to test gear but also means the choice is wide open when a player is changing direction.
Koepka is playing this week through his Returning Member Program after coming back to the PGA Tour, but he is not allowed to be a sponsor invite to the tour’s Signature Events under that program. That makes the path more dependent on ranking points and starts like Myrtle Beach, where tournament executive Darren Nelson said Koepka’s commitment was a tremendous moment for the event and the community. Koepka sounded more focused on the work in front of him than on any immediate announcement, saying he was trying to play good golf while the equipment search stays in the background.
