{"id":389966,"date":"2026-01-04T00:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389966\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:12:12","slug":"ex-liv-golf-pro-appears-desperate-to-join-tiger-woods-on-senior-pga-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389966\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-LIV Golf pro appears desperate to join Tiger Woods on senior PGA Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former LIV Golf pro turned commentator Pat Perez has indicated he is ready and willing to join Tiger Woods<\/a> on the PGA Tour Champions in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perez joined the PIF-backed breakaway in 2022, linking up with Dustin Johnson<\/a> in his 4 Aces quartet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The American golfer, now 49, played three full seasons with LIV<\/a> before he was relegated in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIV hired Perez as an on-course commentator and analyst last season but it appears he is now surplus to requirements after Henni Zuel joined the broadcast team<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perez has made no secret of what he would like his future plans to look like.<\/p>\n

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On 2 January, he shared an image on his Instagram of a cup featuring the PGA Tour’s logo, adding: “Happy NEW year.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perez will turn 50 on 1 March and will be eligible to play on the PGA Tour Champions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Credit: Instagram\/patperezgolf<\/p>\n

But he is currently subject to a ban, even though his last LIV Golf appearance was at their stop in Chicago in September 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour has suspended Perez for simply appearing on a LIV broadcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Former PGA Tour<\/a> member turned golf YouTuber Wesley Bryan is in the same predicament and has appealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perez previously complained of the rule, explaining that it “didn’t make sense”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m not on the Champions Tour yet,” Perez previously said. “But I have the credentials to get there.”<\/p>\n

Perez unlikely to be welcomed back with open arms<\/p>\n

Perez was among the first wave of players to be recruited by LIV at the height of the unprecedented disruption in elite men’s golf.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The American joined shortly after the likes of Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Cameron Smith joined the rival league for gargantuan sums of money.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Perez was initially extremely critical of LIV and described the league as “kind of a joke”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was also critical of Mickelson and even Woods, saying the latter’s comments about the lack of incentive on LIV was among “the stupidest s— I have ever heard in my life”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When he joined LIV, he was pictured at one of their draft parties wearing a t-shirt featuring dollar bills. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Perez was also among the group of LIV players that took legal action against the PGA Tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He also frequently criticised PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He doesn\u2019t listen to the players,” Perez said of Monahan. “Somehow they keep talking about, ‘oh, yeah, we work for you, we work for the players.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It’s the opposite. Seems like we work for them. We don’t have a say in anything.”<\/p>\n

LIV Golf will return for their fourth full campaign next month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The league have made several changes in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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First, LIV decided to abandon one of their founding principles by switching to a traditional 72-hole format.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The league has also upped their field sizes to 57 and increased the number of graduates in their “Promotions” event later this month from two to three.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The changes are understood to be part of LIV’s move for Official World Golf Ranking accreditation.<\/p>\n

OWGR chairman Trevor Immelman provided an update<\/a> of LIV’s bid in late December.<\/p>\n

LIV will be without Koepka in 2026. The American has decided to part ways with LIV, despite having one year remaining on his contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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LIV and Koepka say the decision was “mutual”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

DeChambeau is yet to sign a new contract and, before Christmas, cast doubt on whether or not he would stick around<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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