Korean golfer Jang Yu-bin announced Tuesday he will return to the domestic tour next year after an unsuccessful lone season in LIV Golf. In a statement released by his Seoul-based agency, All That Sports, Jang said he will not enter the LIV Golf Promotions, the annual qualifying tournament for the renegade tour, and will instead rejoin the Korea PGA (KPGA) Tour for 2026, while also playing some Asian Tour events. In December 2024, Jang became the first Korean to join LIV Golf, which is financed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. He played on Iron Heads GC, one of 13 teams in LIV Golf, alongside Korean American captain Kevin Na and Korean-born Kiwi Danny Lee. After each season, players who finish 49th or lower are relegated from LIV Golf and are released from their teams. Jang, despite high expectations as the reigning KPGA Tour Player of the Year, never found his footing on the new tour and finished 53rd in the standings in 2025. In 13 tournaments, Jang did not have a top-10 finish. While Jang was among the longest hitters in LIV Golf, he rank