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 | United States |
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 September 1, 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.
Perez was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and is of Mexican-American descent. He is married to Ashley Perez. [2]
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.
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 | John Merrick |
2 | Nov 13, 2016 | OHL Classic at Mayakoba | −21 (68-66-62-67=263) | 2 strokes | Gary Woodland |
3 | Oct 15, 2017 | CIMB Classic 1 | −24 (66-65-64-69=264) | 4 strokes | Keegan Bradley |
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour
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 | Pat Bates, Mike Heinen |
Buy.com Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2000 | Buy.com Ozarks Open | Pat Bates, Mike Heinen | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
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
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 |
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 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.
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