It is hard to ignore the timing of Patrick Reed’s comments about his future with LIV Golf. The five-year mark since his last win on the PGA Tour is coming up, and he is now openly weighing his next move.

DUBAI — Patrick Reed has revealed he has not yet re-signed with LIV Golf weeks out from its 2026 season opener. After winning the Dubai Desert Classic by four shots on Sunday, the former Masters champion said he was still thrashing out the details before LIV Golf Riyadh begins on Feb. 4.

The former Masters champion won the DP World Tour’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic, but afterward, much of the focus wasn’t about him returning to the winner’s circle.

Patrick Reed kept everyone at bay and closed with an even-par 72 on Sunday for a four-shot victory in the Dubai Desert Classic, his first European tour title that moves him back into the top 30 in the world for the first time since he joined LIV Golf.

The former Masters champion, who splits his time between LIV Golf and the DP World Tour, was projected to climb 15 places on the OWGR to No. 29. Reed upstaged an elite field in Dubai including Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Viktor Hovland to win one of the European circuit’s biggest events.

Patrick Reed says he is a free agent and hasn't yet finalized his contract to play in the LIV Golf League this season.

On Sunday, January 24, LIV Golf star Patrick Reed claimed the Hero Dubai Desert Classic 2025. He fired an even-par 72 to finish at 18-under and post a four-shot win over Andy Sullivan.

“I don't plan on stopping,” Patrick Reed said. "If we had to pay fines to still continue to show support on this tour, then so be it.”

Patrick Reed just made a huge leap in the world rankings. After winning the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, he jumped 15 spots. But the LIV Golf star believes the system that ranks him is fundamentally ‘broken’.