Pat Perez, after winning the LIV Golf team championship in Miami, last fall, said “I am paid.” In the press conference following his victory, Perez said “I don’t care a damn”.
Perez, who will be playing in the first event of the new circuit’s season at Mayakoba (a former PGA Tour site) in Mexico, explained that he was excited to be there: “I love it, because we are here, and the Tour isn’t.” “End quote.”
It should not be surprising that Perez, 47, took credit for some salacious comments directed at PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and misattributed to Dustin Johnson of Perez’s team 4Aces.
Perez replied in a Sports Illustrated text when asked about the remarks made by Monahan, after the 4Aces had won the LIV Golf Adelaide on Sunday in Australia.
According to the Australian Associated Press, Johnson said about Monahan that “We don’t care how he feels.” We know what he thinks of us, and it’s reciprocal.
Perez supported Johnson’s denial.
Perez told SI that “DJ didn’t say anything, it was me.” “I said that we don’t really care what Jay thinks because we already know his feelings about us. When I say WE, it means me. I can’t talk for the entire group.”
LIV Golf removed the interaction from the transcript of the press conference, which contributed to the bad news reports that have been circulating over the past two days.
Dustin didn’t say it, Pat did. AAP reported the story incorrectly.
— Jane MacNeille (@TheRealJaneSays) April 24, 2023
MacNeille said to SI that they were trying to avoid this kind of hostility during their press conferences. “The question sparked a flurry of chatter, and everyone said that they had no comment except for one player (Perez), and the scene was so chaotic it was hard to understand. We decided to remove the question from the transcript.”
This week, LIV Golf Singapore is being played at Sentosa Golf Club by the Greg Norman-led league backed by Saudi Arabia.
By: Adam Woodard
Title: LIV Golf's Pat Perez takes credit for comments about PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan that were misattributed to Dustin Johnson
Sourced From: golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/04/25/liv-golf-pat-perez-pga-tour-jay-monahan-dustin-johnson/
Published Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:30:20 +0000
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