Jena Sims Says It ‘Feels like Home’ to Be Back on PGA Tour After Husband Brooks Koepka’s Split from LIV Golf (Exclusive)
Jena Sims Says It ‘Feels like Home’ to Be Back on PGA Tour After Husband Brooks Koepka’s Split from LIV Golf (Exclusive)
Skyler CarusoFri, June 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC
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Brooks Koepka walks with his wife Jena Sims at Aug. National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.Credit: John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock -
Jena Sims joined host Skyler Caruso for a candid conversation about her life and career on PEOPLE's WAG World series
The model opened up about husband Brooks Koepka's PGA Tour return after he parted ways with the rival LIV Golf circuit in late 2025
She also shared how she handles tough losses when the golf star has bad days
Jena Sims is happy to be back.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, 37, opened up in the latest episode of PEOPLE's WAG World series about returning to the PGA Tour after her husband, Brooks Koepka, made the controversial move to play for LIV Golf in 2022.
"It just feels like home, honestly," Sims told WAG World host Skyler Caruso on the show, released exclusively on the PEOPLE App on Thursday, June 4.
Brooks Koepka of Smash GC looks on beside wife Jena Sims during the team championship stroke-play round of the LIV Golf Invitational in October 2022.Credit: Charles Laberge/LIV Golf via Getty
Koepka, who faced backlash for his decision to play for the men's golf league financed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, split from LIV Golf in December 2025 after four seasons on the rival circuit. He made his first PGA Tour start of the year in January at the Farmers Insurance Open and finished in a tie for 56th.
Though excited for her husband's next chapter, Sims said she's thrilled to be reuniting with her fellow golf wives and girlfriends (WAGs) on the PGA Tour.
"Those girls, especially at the Ryder Cup and the President's Cup, those are my people. I've spent so much time with these women," she said of her friends that she's gotten to know since her relationship with Koepka, 36, began in 2015.
Sims was also relieved to have her friends welcome her back with open arms.
"I was actually amazed when the news broke that Brooks was coming back at how many of these women were just like, 'Oh my gosh, we're so excited to see you,'" she said. "I mean. I have the chills now. I just didn't realize how much he was missed or how much I was even missed."
Brooks Koepka of the United States walks alongside his wife, Jena Sims, and their son, Crew Sims Koepka, during the Par Three Contest prior to the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.Credit: Andrew Redington/Getty
"I was just like, 'Oh, everyone's going to be so mad,'" she thought, but shared "they were so welcoming" instead.
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Elsewhere on the show, Sims opened up about how she handles tough losses when tournaments don't go as planned for Koepka, who she wed in June 2022 after sliding in his Instagram DMs to shoot her shot at the start of their relationship.
In fact, "having to navigate" that is what she said surprised her the most about dating a professional golfer. "When he has a bad day and he is sort of shut off that it has nothing to do with anything that I did," Sims said.
"I am a people pleaser, so I thought any sort of emotion that he had was because of me," she admitted. "Meanwhile, it had absolutely nothing to do with me. He just scored a six on a par three and he's pissed. It has nothing to do with me."
Jena Sims on PEOPLE's "WAG World" series.Credit: Astrid Stawiarz
In the past decade they've been together, Sims has figured out how to handle those emotions.
"I've learned over the years when he comes home, just to give him some free time or some space and just completely understand that just because he's having a bad day doesn't mean that I'm having a bad day," she shared.
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"I've learned from therapy, years and years of therapy to validate your feelings," she added. "And then just give him some freaking space. He needs to scroll Instagram. He needs to chat with his boys and I don't have to fix it. I'm not his coach. I'm not his therapist. I'm his wife.
"So I'm giving him the space that he needs and also holding space for him."
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