PAT Perez doesn't care much about the optics.
That's one trait that makes him a good match with his wife, Ashley.
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Bigger names than Perez have left the PGA Tour for the Saudi-backed breakaway league: LIV Golf.
Still, the 46-year-old managed to earn nearly double the money he pocketed during his most profitable Tour season after attending just eight LIV events.
That includes the $16 million prize for winning the LIV Gold Team Championship with the 4Aces team in late October, taking his individual earnings to just over $8 million for the year.
“All the push-back, all the negative comments, everything we’ve gotten, at this point I really don’t care," Perez said after helping 4Aces secure the win with a 2-under-70 in the final round.
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"I’m paid. I don’t give a damn."
Ashley Perez too has raised a few eyebrows with her comments since she entered the golf world.
She first met Pat at a dinner of a mutual friend — real estate investor and restaurateur Nico Santucci — in Las Vegas.
Although Ashley was initially taken aback by Pat's angry outbursts on the golf course, the two figured things out and tied the knot during a New Year's Eve ceremony in 2015.
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Ashley has accompanied Pat at many tournaments — but it's when she logs onto her social media accounts that the self-called designer and artist occasionally causes a stir.
Last month, she took a swipe at Tiger Woods after the 15-time major winner pulled out of the Hero World Challenge.
Woods continues his recovery after he was involved in a car crash in February 2021 that caused him multiple leg injuries.
A discomfort in his foot forced the golf legend to withdraw from the November event.
But when Woods discussed his injury and future plans, Ashley showed no sympathy for the golfer.
“Literally why driving under the influence is ILLEGAL," she wrote on Instagram under a post featuring Woods' quotes.
Investigators never accused Woods of DUI when examining the circumstances around his 2021 accident.
"I don’t feel bad for him," she continued. "Thank god he didn’t kill anyone. See ya.”
And earlier in September, Ashley threw some shade at Nikki Guidish, Patrick Cantlay's fiancée, when she shared pictures from a trip to Napa Valley with Xander Schauffele and his wife, Maya.
“Good wine, better company,” Giudish captioned the post.
“I’m sorry,” Ashley commented. "That doesn’t look like fun… At all.”
She also added a "zzz" emoji.
Interestingly, Woods has been loyal to the Tour, and Cantlay and Schaufelle have not yet deserted to LIV despite rumors either.
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It appears things are getting personal as golfers pick sides in the clash between the two organizations.
And if the conflict is to deteriorate further, the outspoken Pat and Ashley Perez should be among the first ones to let everyone know.
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