{"id":392186,"date":"2025-11-20T12:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/392186\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:17:23","slug":"pga-tour-pro-wds-then-joins-liv-golf-in-surprise-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/392186\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour pro WDs then joins LIV Golf in surprise move"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the DP World Tour and LIV Golf seasons over and the 2025 PGA Tour season officially coming to an end this week at the RSM Classic, pro golfers are looking toward next year. While many are battling for PGA Tour status<\/a> at the RSM Classic, one player originally in the field has given up the hunt.<\/p>\n

French pro Victor Perez<\/a> withdrew from the RSM Classic<\/a> on Tuesday, and shortly thereafter rumors were confirmed that Perez would be leaving the PGA Tour and joining LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

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LIV Golf team makes cryptic post about new player<\/p>\n

Early on Tuesday, the official X account for the LIV Golf team Cleeks Golf Club posted a message on X that started the rumor mill.<\/p>\n

The post read \u201cA new chapter begins. 11.19.25.,\u201d and included a photo of four Cleeks GC golf bags. Three of them had the names of existing Cleeks players: Martin Kaymer<\/a>, Richard Bland<\/a> and Adrian Meronk<\/a>. But the fourth golf bag featured the date \u201c11\/19\/25\u201d in place of a name.<\/p>\n

Hidden in the bottom right corner of the photo was the French word \u201cAllez.\u201d Based on that, rumors started swirling that it would be a French pro that would join the Cleeks imminently.<\/p>\n

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Victor Perez\u2019s move to LIV Golf confirmed after WD<\/p>\n

Not long after the Cleeks post went up, reports started to surface that the player in question was Victor Perez.<\/p>\n

Perez, 33, has three DP World Tour wins in his career, the most recent coming at the 2023 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. His best finish in a major was a T12 at the 2023 PGA Championship.<\/p>\n

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PGA Tour pro Min Woo Lee walks of green during the 2025 Texas Children’s Houston Open.<\/p>\n

He earned his PGA Tour card for 2025 and played in 25 events. Perez missed eight cuts this season and earned only one top-10 finish.<\/p>\n

Sitting at 108th in FedEx Fall standings heading into the RSM Classic, Perez still had a chance to move into the top 100 and secure his Tour card for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Then on Tuesday afternoon, the PGA Tour announced that Perez had withdrawn from the RSM Classic field, replaced by alternate Tommy Gainey.<\/p>\n

The WD seemed to confirm rumors that Perez would be the newest member of the Cleeks. Then on Wednesday morning, the Cleeks made it official, writing in an X post \u201cFrom France, with flair. Say hello to Victor Perez.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perez is the first PGA Tour player to make the move to LIV this year, after Min Woo Lee confirmed he would remain on the PGA Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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