The two-time US Open winner has said that he wouldn’t be able to play against Pat Perez for the rest of his life on account of the American’s quick wit and humorous attitude
Bryson DeChambeau previously claimed that he wouldn’t be able to play golf rounds with Pat Perez for the rest of his life, as the LIV Golf star is “too damn funny”.
The two-time US Open winner was recently probed on which golfer he would play with competitively for the rest of his life, with the option of picking a player from either the PGA Tour or LIV. And while he admires the 48-year-old’s skillset, he snubbed him straight away and said that his humorous nature would be too much to handle week in, week out.
He explained: “It wouldn’t be Pat Perez ’cause he’s too damn funny, he’s way too funny. He’d be great to play with though. I would personally like to play with probably Charles Howell. Cause he’s the most positive individual I’ve ever met in my entire life. And he’s just so nice and so straightforward and doesn’t harm a fly.”
Meanwhile, Perez’s’ two-year stint with LIV’s breakaway league could soon be coming to an end. Perez was one of the first pros to put pen to paper on a reported $10million (£7.9million) deal with the new Saudi-backed setup as it emerged in 2022.
But it wasn’t a straightforward process, his decision being met with heavy criticism at the time. One of the most notable figures to scrutinise the move was Tiger Woods, who questioned the ‘incentive’ and competitive integrity of the organisation through its generous payouts for those who finish at the bottom of its league leaderboard.
At the time, Perez told the Son of a Butch podcast: “That’s the stupidest —- I have ever heard of in my life. That’s one of the stupidest things I think he has said. The incentive is the fact that last place is $120,000, first place is $4 million. You cannot win $4 million on the PGA Tour.”
He also fired back at Woods’ own career pathway, alleging that he signed a “$40million deal right out of college,” while “flying on the Nike jet”. He added: “He found incentive. He could have shut it down right then. He had a lot of guarantees. You know what, and he was the hottest thing.
“He’s made so much money off the course, he found incentive to go. But again, he only played how many tournaments. He didn’t go – I never saw him at John Deere, never saw him supporting all these events. He played in the majors, he played in the WGCs and that was it. He played Torrey. Never played Riv. But he’s worth every dime. In fact, like I said, he’s two billion short of where he should be, I think.”
Pat’s last season on the LIV tour has been rocky to say the least, currently sitting in a precarious 47th place and teetering on the edge of the drop zone with just three outings left. While he managed to find some room to breathe by finishing T-14 in Nashville last week, he’ll have to dig deep in Spain, the UK and West Virginia if he hopes to stay on with the promotion.
