LIV Golf team champion Pat Perez receives congratulations from PGA Tour stars

Pat Perez certainly had a lot to say this week. You can't fault the American for his honesty and his willingness to tell us the full story.

However, when he described the "different hate" he has for Phil Mickelson and the "unforgivable" line that he crossed in their friendship, Perez refrained from more detail.

Nonetheless, we know why Perez moved to the LIV Golf Tour because he told us all. He won the lottery and he received a big enough offer from commissioner Greg Norman to keep him off the road and playing less golf for more money.

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The 46-year-old, who won three times on the PGA Tour, has been under the microscope as his individual performances over the six regular events he played on the breakaway series didn't match up with his $8m plus earnings.

But his 2-under-par 70 was crucial in the Team Championship in Miami. In a format in which every shot counted, 4 Aces GC beat Punch by a solitary shot to bank $16m.

These riches are what Perez came for and after one season with LIV Golf, he earned more than a quarter of his career earnings on the PGA Tour since his rookie season in 2002.

Perez said he received messages from Jon Rahm, Webb Simpson and Aaron Baddeley. And one prominent anti-LIV voice. 

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He continued: 

The world of social media can stoke up hostility between the LIV Golf Series and the PGA Tour, but it seems there is very little genuine animosity between those who have left and those who have stayed.

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