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Pat Perez said he “won the lottery” when he left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf in 2022.

His days of playing on the lucrative breakaway league appear to be over just three years on, but Perez will still have a big presence inside the ropes during tournament weeks.

That’s because the 48-year-old American has just been announced as LIV Golf’s on-course analyst for the 2025 season.

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Perez, who was replaced by former Ryder Cup player Thomas Pieters in Dustin Johnson’s 4Aces quartet, will swap the clubs for the mic ahead of LIV’s season opener next month.

“I’m full steam ahead on this thing,” Perez said. “I’m excited to do it. It’s a perfect mid-life restart for me.”

A three-time winner on the PGA Tour, Perez banked over $17million across the 34 events he has played in on the LIV league. He was part of Johnson’s winning 4Aces side during the league’s inaugural season, but struggled during the 2024 season.

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After one top-20 finish, Perez finished 48th in the individual standings, and while he wasn’t relegated, he had also failed to guarantee his playing rights and wasn’t picked up by another team ahead of the 2025 campaign.

Known for having no-filter, Perez will now play an important role in LIV Golf’s broadcast coverage, which will remain in-house after the league struck a TV deal with Fox Sports in the United States.

Perez will make his on-course commentary debut at LIV’s curtain-raiser in Riyadh from February 6-8. The veteran golfer isn’t the only big addition to LIV’s content team in the off-season, however.

The league have also announced the addition of YouTube star Rick Shiels as an official ambassador in a multi-year deal.

Shiels, the world’s most followed golf content creator, will also be at all 14 LIV events and will be posting regular videos featuring the league’s stars throughout the season.


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Ben Parsons joined bunkered as a Content Producer in 2023 and is the man to come to for all of the latest news, across both the professional and amateur games. Formerly of The Mirror and Press Association, he is a member at Halifax Golf Club and is a long-suffering fan of both Manchester United and the Wales rugby team.

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