Sept 15 (Reuters) - The ⁠PGA Tour is not considering a returning member program that would ⁠allow players from LIV Golf to come back to the U.S.-based ‌circuit like Brooks Koepka did earlier this year, CommissionerBrianRolapp said on Tuesday.

Rolapp, speaking to reporters on a virtual media call one week after LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in ​New Jersey, said accountability and discipline are essential ⁠elements for any sports league and ⁠remainguiding principles for the PGA Tour.

"In terms of where we are today, we ⁠are ‌not currentlycontemplating a returning-member program like the oneyou saw in January,"Rolapp said on a call to discuss details of the Tour's two-tiered system ⁠set for launch in 2028.

"Everyone at the PGA Tour, ​myself included, has been ‌focused on what is best for the organization."

LIV's bankruptcy filing has left ⁠the playing ​futures of some of the breakaway circuit's biggest names in doubt. Major champions Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau, two of the sport's more popular players,were listed as the top ⁠unsecured creditors with each owedmore than $5 million.

Five-times major ​champion Koepkatook advantage of a limited-time returning member program in January to rejoin the PGA Tour after leaving LIV Golf last December.

Koepka's return came at a cost, ⁠with the former world number one facing a five-year forfeiture of potential equity in thePGA Tour's Player Equity Program, representing an estimated $50-85 million loss depending on his performance and tour growth.

LIV has been preparing for its next iteration ever since ​the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia said ⁠in April that further investment in the rebel circuit no longer aligned with its ​strategy and that it would cut funding at ‌the close of the 2026 season. PIF ​owns 100% of LIV Golf's equity, according to its bankruptcy petition.

LIV hopes toexit from bankruptcy by early 2027.

(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto)