Arizona State University product Pat Perez has never been shy about speaking his mind.
The Phoenix native famously called Phil Mickelson’s apology about Saudi Arabia “such horseshit,” then piled the fellow Sun Devil. “In the fact that he thought he was trying to make it better for the players. He was in it for one reason. If anybody thinks he wasn’t in it for his own pocket, and his pocket only, is (blanking) high. They are (blanking) crazy.”
Perez, a winner of three PGA Tour titles who made over $28 million in career Tour earnings, added that he didn’t think a Saudi league would ever come together — and then he signed with the league in 2022.
After winning his first team event as a member of LIV Golf, Perez was equally as outspoken.
“All the push-back, all the negative comments, everything we’ve gotten, at this point I really don’t care. I mean, I don’t care. I’m paid. I don’t give a damn,” Perez said with a laugh in the media scrum after the 4Aces won the event to take home the top prize of $16 million at LIV Golf’s 2022 Team Championship in Miami.
Perez also split with his wife Ashley after nine years of marriage in 2023. he was also famous for releasing this YouTube music video.
Here’s a look at Perez, who turned 48 on March 1, 2024, through the years.