Pat Perez facing bleak LIV Golf future after previous comments about Tiger Woods

Pat Perez endured a twelvemonth of misery connected the LIV Golf country - with the American prima conscionable astir avoiding relegation retired of the Saudi-backed league by the finest of margins

A LIV Golf star, whose woman publically slammed Tiger Woods aft his high-speed car clang successful 2021, is facing a pugnacious conflict to debar being demoted from the circuit adjacent year.

Pat Perez has had a dismal twelvemonth connected the LIV circuit, narrowly avoiding relegation by the slimmest of margins. The Arizona-born golfer finished the 2024 LIV play successful 48th place, conscionable 1 spot and 1.56 points supra the automatic driblet zone.

If Kalle Samooja hadn't changeable a final-round 71 successful the past LIV lawsuit of the year, Perez's destiny mightiness person been sealed. However, assuming a squad signs the erstwhile PGA Tour prima during the escaped bureau period, Perez volition clasp his LIV declaration going into 2025.

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But with his backmost already against the wall, defending his presumption could beryllium adjacent much challenging adjacent twelvemonth if Perez's signifier continues connected a akin downward trend.

Perez is nary alien to controversy, having been embroiled successful a warfare of words with Woods successful the past. Woods, a vocal professional of the LIV task since its inception, has claimed that players who near the PGA Tour for the Saudi-backed league are lone motivated by money.

Perez fired backmost astatine the play legend, saying "that's the stupidest ---- I person ever heard of successful my life" connected an occurrence of the Son of a Butch podcast.

He remarked: "Now, adjacent twelvemonth you might; they yet got the perks. But past clip I checked, helium signed a $40 cardinal woody close retired of college, was flying connected the Nike jet. He recovered incentive. He could person unopen it down close then."

Yet, Pat isn't the sole Perez to instrumentality a swipe astatine Woods, arsenic the LIV sensation's spouse, Ashley, didn't clasp backmost either. Her excavation came successful the aftermath of Woods' harrowing car mishap successful 2021, which galore feared spelt the extremity of his career, with Ashley scathingly posting connected Instagram: "Literally wherefore driving nether the power is ILLEGAL. I don't consciousness atrocious for him. Thank deity helium didn't termination anyone. See ya."

At the time, Woods was cleared of immoderate allegations of driving nether the influence, starring to a swift removal of the station by Perez's wife.

Perez won 3 titles during his clip connected the PGA Tour: the Bob Hope Classic successful 2009, the OHL Classic astatine Mayakoba successful 2016 and the CIMB Classic successful 2017. He finished successful a necktie for 3rd astatine the Players Championship successful 2006 and has 1 top-10 decorativeness astatine the majors, which came successful 2005 astatine the PGA Championship (finishing successful a necktie for sixth).