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, professional golfers are looking forward to next year. While many are vying for PGA Tour status at the RSM Classic, one player originally in the field has given up the hunt.
French pro Victor Perez withdrew from the RSM Classic on Tuesday and shortly afterwards rumors were confirmed that Perez would leave the PGA Tour and join LIV Golf.
Here’s what you need to know.
LIV Golf team makes cryptic post about new player
Early Tuesday, the official X account of the LIV Golf team Cleeks Golf Club posted a message on
The message read: “A new chapter begins. 11.19.25.” and included a photo of four Cleeks GC golf bags. Three of them had the names of existing Cleeks players: Martin Kaymer, Richard Bland and Adrian Meronk. But the fourth golf bag had the date “11/19/25” instead of a name.
Hidden in the bottom right corner of the photo was the French word “Allez.” Based on this, rumors began to circulate that it would be a French professional who would soon join the Cleeks.
Victor Perez’s move to LIV Golf was confirmed after WD
Not long after Cleeks’ post was made, reports surfaced that the player in question was Victor Perez.
Perez, 33, has three DP World Tour victories in his career, the most recent coming at the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi in 2023. His best finish in a major was a T12 at the 2023 PGA Championship.
He earned his 2025 PGA Tour card and played in 25 events. Perez missed eight cuts this season and had just one top 10 finish.
While he was ranked 108th in the FedEx Fall standings heading into the RSM Classic, Perez still had a chance to move into the top 100 and secure his 2026 Tour card.
Then the PGA Tour announced Tuesday afternoon that Perez had withdrawn from the RSM Classic field and had been replaced by alternate Tommy Gainey.
WD seemed to confirm rumors that Perez would be the newest member of the Cleeks. On Wednesday morning, the Cleeks made it official, writing in an X-post: “From France, with flair. Say hello to Victor Perez.”
Perez is the first PGA Tour player to make the switch to LIV this year, after Min Woo Lee confirmed he would remain on the PGA Tour.
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