Pat Perez | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Patrick Anthony Perez |
Born | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | March 1, 1976
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Spouse | Ashley Perez |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
College | Arizona State University |
Turned professional | 1997 |
Current tour(s) | LIV Golf |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Buy.com Tour |
Professional wins | 4 |
Highest ranking | 16 (January 7, 2018)[1] (as of July 14, 2024) |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 3 |
Asian Tour | 1 |
Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T18: 2017 |
PGA Championship | T6: 2005 |
U.S. Open | T36: 2008, 2018 |
The Open Championship | T17: 2018 |
Patrick Anthony Perez (born March 1, 1976) is an American professional golfer who plays in the LIV Golf League.
Early life
[edit]Perez was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and is of Mexican-American descent. He is married to Ashley Perez.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Perez won his first PGA Tour event in 2009 at the Bob Hope Classic; he has finished second there twice. His career high in the Official World Golf Ranking was 16th in 2018.[3][4]
On January 22, 2009, Perez finished the first 36 holes of the Bob Hope Classic with a 124 (−20), the lowest score, relative to par in PGA Tour history through two rounds. The start set or tied several records,[5] including tying the record for low score (124) in consecutive rounds. Perez went on to win the tournament by three strokes over John Merrick, a win secured when Perez hit his second shot on the par 5, 18th hole, from 200 yards to 3 feet to win with a closing eagle for his first tour win.
Perez also experienced a championship of another sort first-hand. As a neighbor of baseball player Pat Burrell, he had been very close to the Philadelphia Phillies for several years. In a January 2010 interview, he revealed, "I was part of that (2008) team (that won the World Series) because I know all of the guys, I had my locker there, I would come and see them all the time. I would really root for them like I was part of the team." When asked if he had the locker during spring training, he replied "No, the whole thing. I would hit balls with Jimmy Rollins, go out on the field and play catch, whatever. I was like one of them team for that year." When Burrell left as a free agent after the 2008 season and signed with the Tampa Bay Rays, Perez called the news "Worse than me getting hurt."[6]
Perez spent much of the 2015–16 season out of golf after shoulder surgery. He earned his first win since 2009 at the 2016 OHL Classic at Mayakoba.[7] He was also the first player since Harrison Frazar (2011 St. Jude Classic) to win a PGA Tour event while playing on a Medical Extension. Perez won the CIMB Classic in 2017.[8]
As of June 2022, Perez no longer plays on the PGA Tour. He participates in LIV Golf.[9]
For the 2023 LIV Golf League season, Perez was signed to Dustin Johnson's 4Aces GC. He finished 28th in the individual standings and became a free agent after the season ended. On November 21, 2023, it was announced that Perez had re-signed with the 4Aces for the 2024 season.
Professional wins (4)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (3)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | Jan 25, 2009 | Bob Hope Classic | −33 (61-63-67-67-69=327) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | Nov 13, 2016 | OHL Classic at Mayakoba | −21 (68-66-62-67=263) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
3 | Oct 15, 2017 | CIMB Classic1 | −24 (66-65-64-69=264) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
Buy.com Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | Aug 13, 2000 | Buy.com Ozarks Open | −18 (66-69-66-69=270) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
Buy.com Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2000 | Buy.com Ozarks Open | ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T45 | CUT | ||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T40 | CUT | T36 | ||||
The Open Championship | T67 | T20 | CUT | |||||
PGA Championship | 70 | T6 | CUT | T18 | T58 | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | T18 | CUT | |||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T36 | |||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T17 | |||||||
PGA Championship | T21 | T46 | CUT | T28 | T35 |
Tournament | 2019 |
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Masters Tournament | |
PGA Championship | T78 |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 17 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2002 PGA – 2005 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T32 | T3 | CUT | T42 | T68 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | T25 | CUT | T48 | T17 | T22 | CUT |
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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The Players Championship | C | CUT | T33 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Championship | T35 | T38 | T20 | ||||||||
Match Play | R64 | R32 | T17 | T52 | |||||||
Invitational | T22 | 69 | T63 | ||||||||
Champions | T10 | T24 | T37 |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 1 2018 Ending 7 Jan 2018" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Myers, Alex (January 10, 2018). "Pat Perez's wife found a creative way to tell him she's pregnant". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Perez earns first Tour win; Stricker collapses". ESPN. Associated Press. January 26, 2009. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ "Pat Perez". European Tour. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
- ^ Chemycz, Joe (January 22, 2009). "Bob Hope Classic: Second-round notebook". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009.
- ^ "Notebook: Kapalua is unilke any other course on Tour". PGA Tour. Associated Press. January 10, 2010. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Pat Perez rallies to win OHL Classic at Mayakoba". ESPN. Associated Press. November 14, 2016.
- ^ "Pat Perez wins CIMB Classic by 4 strokes". ESPN. Associated Press. October 15, 2017.
- ^ Cradock, Matt (June 11, 2022). "PGA Tour Winner Signs With LIV Golf For Reported $10 Million". Golf Monthly.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Pat Perez at the PGA Tour official site
- Pat Perez at the Official World Golf Ranking official site